Elysia ornata, Ornate Elysia
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Elysia ornata   (Swainson, 1840)

Ornate Elysia

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Elysia ornata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Elysia ornata
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Not assigned | Plakobranchidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 18 m (Ref. 83435).  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific and Western Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 844)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 844. Occurs in large aggregations during the day. Feeds on algae, Codium sp. (Ref. 844). Found on submergent vegetation (Ref. 109264).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Debelius, H. 2001 Nudibranchs and sea snails: Indo-Pacific field guide. Unterwasserarchiv, IKAN, frankfurt, Germany, 3rd ed. 321 pp. (Ref. 844)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.