A live individual of the lettuce sea slug in situ, head end towards the lower right
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Family:
Plakobranchidae
Genus:
Elysia
Species:
E. crispata
Binomial name
Elysia crispata
(Mörch, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
List
Elysia (Tridachia) crispata Mörch, 1863
Elysia clarki Pierce, Curtis, Massey, Bass, Karl & Finney, 2006
Elysia pruvotfolae Er. Marcus, 1957
Elysia schrammi Mörch, 1863
Elysia verrilli Pruvot-Fol, 1946
Tridachia crispata (Mörch, 1863)
Tridachia schrammi (Mörch, 1863)
Tridachia whiteae Er. Marcus, 1957
A blue lettuce sea slug. Westpunt, Curacao.A white and blue lettuce sea slug. Westpunt, Curacao.
Elysia crispata, common name the lettuce sea slug or lettuce slug, is a large and colorful species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk.[1]
The lettuce slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that clade of gastropods; it is classified as a sacoglossan.
^ abBieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Elysia crispata Mörch, 1863". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
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