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Elysia cf. marginata sp. 1
Nomenclature
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Family: PlakobranchidaeGenus: Elysia
Species:
Elysia cf. marginata sp. 1
SUMMARY
"Elysia cf. marginata sp. 1": Parapodia may be high or low; undulating edges form 3 wide siphonal openings. Siphons lined with orange edges but otherwise there no continuous marginal or submarginal band of color. Body covered with regularly spaced white spots and scattered black spots, dense along parapodial margin. Rhinophores with black spots on green background, white tips. No extended tail; body squared off posteriorly. Oval pericardium, posterior half white with black spots; 3-4 pairs of wide, bifurcating and anasthomosing dorsal vessels. Egg masses contain a continuous string of black extra-capsular yolk fading into grey-white streaks; planktotrophic development.