Description
Also known as Frilly Sea Slug, Lettuce Nudibranch, Lettuce Slug, Nudibranch, Sacoglossan, Sapsucking Slug, Sea Lettuce, Solar-powered Sea Slug.
Found singly or in pairs, over vegetated areas, of clear water, shallow, coral and rocky reefs.
They feed on plant cells.
Length - 5cm
Depth - 0-15m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean
Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell.
All opisthobranchs are hermaphrodites.
These beautiful slugs are usually brilliantly coloured and this in itself can act as a deterrent against predators. Some sea slugs secrete acid from stinging cells in their tentacles while others secrete acid from cells in their mantle.
Nudibranchs are slow moving, can swim or be propelled along either by muscular contraction or by millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of a fleshy 'foot', they have a voracious appetite and feed with a rasp like tongue.
Nudibranch lay their eggs in a ribbon effect on the sand, in different colours depending on species. Ref: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/elyscris
4 comments
Posted by @fishx6Try this site, I am afraid we do not have a lot of information ourselves we are more about identification. They are common in Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean. They can be found in other colours, probably due to the habitat they are trying to blend in to, or to ward off predators! http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Elysia_crispata/ Hope this is helpful.
Posted by sapphireNone of those work because you can add your own information
Posted by @fishx6Try these sites for more indepth info http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/elyscris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_crispata
Posted by sapphiretell me where they are found what countries maybe more info.