Sap Sucking Slug
Elysia tomentosa
- Group: Other
- Max size: 3 cm
- For divers: safe
A small green sea slug grazing on coarse dark algae, it lives among the same Cladophora weed it feeds on. Like other sap sucking slugs it can keep the algal chloroplasts working inside its own body, drawing energy from sunlight.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Plakobranchidae › Elysia
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 233601.
FAQ
- Is the Sap Sucking Slug dangerous to divers?
- The Sap Sucking Slug is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Sap Sucking Slug get?
- The Sap Sucking Slug grows to about 3 cm.