Elysia crispata Mörch, 1863

Gutiérrez, Manuel Caballer, Ortea, Jesús, Rivero, Nelsy, Tucker, Gabriela Carias, Malaquias, Manuel António E. & Narciso, Samuel, 2015, The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species, Zootaxa 4034 (2), pp. 201-256 : 221

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119820

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scientific name

Elysia crispata Mörch, 1863
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47. Elysia crispata Mörch, 1863 View in CoL

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Material examined. TT, 1 spc., H = 23 mm, IVICCM000099. WYL, 1 spc., H = 23 mm, IVICCM000100. LMD, 1 spc., H = 30 mm, IVICCM000115. PPD, 1 spc., H = 7 mm, IVICCM000004. DCH, 3 spcs, H = 40–50 mm, IVICCM000106. DMR, 2 spcs, H = 25–85 mm, IVICCM0000010. PAM, 3 spcs, H = 20–30 mm, IVICCM000160. EYL, 2 spcs, H = 20–30 mm, ZMBN 84909. OLM, 6 spcs, ZMBN 84929. APV, 10 spcs, H = 15–26 mm, IVICCM000071. CBM, 15 spcs, H = 7–28 mm, NRC. CMM, 8 spcs, H = 7–22 mm, NRC. SLR, 22 spcs, H = 2–29 mm, NRC. CSM, 50 spcs, H = 4–31 mm, NRC. NPM, 3 spcs, H = 15–18 mm, NRC. APV, 7 spcs, H = 11–22 mm, NRC. PNM, 1 spc., PNC.

Ecology. Crawling on rocks on reef fringe and inside mangrove lagoons (0.5–1 m) on Thalassia spp. and mangrove roots.

Distribution. ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, St. Martin / St. Maarten, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Virgin Islands, Venezuela ( Marcus 1957; Marcus & Marcus 1960; Marcus & Marcus 1962; Marcus & Marcus 1970; Marcus & Hughes 1974; Marcus 1977; Thompson 1977; Gavagnin et al. 2000; Valdés et al. 2006. Dos Mosquises, Los Roques, South Island: Marcus & Marcus 1967a. Los Roques: Work 1969. Mochima: Gavagnin et al. 1996; 1997. Golfo de Cariaco, Sucre: Fernandez & Jimenez 2007).

Remarks. This species was abundant in all sampling sites both on reef and mangrove environments. According to Valdés et al. (2006) feeds upon Caulerpa sertularioides , but its diet likely encompasses a broader range of items since Caulerpa was not always present on the areas where the species was observed. Marcus & Marcus (1967a) record this species on the hard coral Acropora . Gavagnin et al. (1996; 1997) refer the presence of protective chemicals against sunlight in specimens from Mochima, Venezuela.

LMD

Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschool

DCH

Davidson College

PAM

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

ZMBN

Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collection

CBM

Natural History Museum and Institute

NRC

Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada

CMM

Culture Collection of Phytopathogenic Fungi (Colecao de Culturas de Fungos Fitopatogenicos Prof. Maria Menezes)

PNM

Philippine National Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Sacoglossa

Family

Plakobranchidae

Genus

Elysia

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