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Phylum Mollusca - Sap-sucking Slugs

Elysia sp.
Elysia  sp. (Elysiidae)

It feeds on green algae by piercing the cell walls and sucking out the contents with the highly-developed radula and mouth part respectively. This species is believed to be new to science.

   

This elongate cell-sucker was first described from the Marshall Islands in the Central Pacific.

 

Thuridilla bayeri
Thuridilla  bayeri  (Elysiidae)

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