Photo by Mickey Charteris | InfoElysia pratensis is a species of sea slug found in the tropical west
Photo by Mickey Charteris | InfoElysia pratensis is a species of sea slug found in the tropical west Atlantic. It is a relatively elongated species of Elysia ranging in color from green to a yellowish green with a pattern of pale longitudinal lines.Elysia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae. These animals are colorful sea slugs, and they can superficially resemble nudibranchs, but are not very closely related to them. Rather, they are sacoglossans, commonly known as sap-sucking slugs. -- source link
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