Elysia papillosa Verril, 1901

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 : 221-222

49. Elysia papillosa Verril, 1901

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Material examined. ICM, 2 spcs, H = 6–30, 10 mm, JOC. APV, 1 spc., H = 12 mm, IVICCM000081. IA, 1 spc., PNC.

Ecology. Under rocks, (0.5–4 m deep); also found on the seagrass T. testudinum . Distribution. ABC Islands, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Sta. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Venezuela (Valdés et al. 2006).

Remarks. Venezuela is the southern limit of the distribution of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A, Dondice occidentalis. B, Godiva rubrolineata. C, Favorinus auritulus. D, Phidiana lynceus. E, Spurilla sargassicola. F, Eubranchus conicla. G, Scyllaea pelagica. H, Doto casandra. I, Chelidonura cubana. J, Aplysia parvula. K, Syphonota geographica. L, Pleurobranchus areolatus. M, Elysia papillosa. N, Thuridilla malaquita. Ο-P, Placida cremoniana. Q, Okenia zoobotryon. I-Q, Sea s 1 ugs in their natura 1 envirοnment (Gaby Carias).