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Updated 12/21/2018

Family Plakobranchidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Elysia obtusa

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 2 feet	Kewalo Marine Lab, Oahu
Kewalo Marine Lab, Oahu	Juvenile, Futo, Shizuoka, Japan

WHITEMARGIN ELYSIA

Rare under stones in shallow water.  Translucent yellow or pale green with thin white margin.  Attains 1 inch.  India to Japan, Australia, and Hawai'i.  Formerly lumped with the Western Atlantic Elysia flava.