Elysia ornata from nthn New South Wales

August 16, 2002
From: John Pogonoski


Hi Bill,
Here is an elysiid I collected at
Angourie Pool on our recent trip to northern New South Wales, Australia [March 2002].

John

johnpog@austmus.gov.au

Pogonoski , J., 2002 (Aug 16) Elysia ornata from nthn New South Wales. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7771

Thanks John,
This is Elysia ornata. The large, very thin parapodia are packed full of green chloroplasts that it gets from the alga it is feeding on. See the pages on Solar Powered sea slugs.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Aug 16). Comment on Elysia ornata from nthn New South Wales by John Pogonoski . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7771

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