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Updated 3/10/2019

Family Plakobranchidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Elysia marginata

Yawatano, Japan, 8 feet

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

Eggs, Cromwells, Oahu

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, 4 feet

 


Raja Ampat, Indonesia, 4 feet

ORANGEMARGIN ELYSIA

Seasonally common in shallow water with green algae Bryopsis.  Variable, green with black & white spots, parapodia with black and orange margins, rhinophores tipped with orange.  Attains 2 inches.  Indo-Pacific, including Hawai'i.  The Caribbean relative is now known as Elysia ornata.