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Updated 9/15/2013

Family Plakobranchidae

HAWAII

Elysia ornata

Yawatano, Japan, 8 feet

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

Eggs, Cromwells, Oahu

Raja Ampat, Indonesia, 4 feet

 


Raja Ampat, Indonesia, 4 feet

ORNATE SAP-SUCKING SLUG

Seasonally common in shallow water with green algae Bryopsis.  Green with black & white spots, rhinophores tipped with orange.  Attains 2 inches.  Worldwide in warm seas.