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Sacoglossa
Elysia timida Risso, 1818
Nomenclature
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Family: PlakobranchidaeGenus: Elysia
SUMMARY
"The length of the crawling animal was 10 mm, the width 1.3-1.4 mm. Parapodia low, with a few higher projections which gave the slug a hunch-backed outline when seen from teh side. On the first projection of the left parapodium there is a tiny protuberance which fits into a small groove in the first projection of the right parapodium. Colour of the slug chalk white with a few vermillion dots. The brightly green branches of the liver shine through the sides of the body, the inner side of the parapodia and the back between the parapodia behind the cardial region. The foot is divided by a transverse furrow. The rhinophores are rather thick and rolled up as usual.
Vayssière (1888) does not mention the projections on the margin of the parapodia, nor does he show them in the figure of the contracted animal (pl. 2 fig. 8). Also his animal has a greater number of red dots than the specimen from Side. Finally his figure of a tooth shows a slightly bent top, a character which is also mentioned in his text. In my opinion these differences are too small to consider the singe specimen to belong to another species than those of Vayssière" (Swennen, 1961).
This is a small species that is light green in color with red circular spots (Marcus, 1980).