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Elysia sp. 31

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Elysia sp. 31

Author: Undescribed

Order: Sacoglossa  Family: Plakobranchidae

Maximum Size: 8 mm

Sightings: Sunshine Coast; Whitsundays

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Elysia sp. 31

This species previously known on this site as Elysia asbecki. A review of the description of that species has revealed that it is not Elysia asbecki and the name has been changed (11/11/2020).

– Wagele, H., Stemmer, K., Burghardt, I. & Handeler, K., 2010. Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): Ercolania annelyleorum sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and Elysia asbecki sp. nov. (Plakobranchoidea), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology. Zootaxa 2676: 1-28.

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