Thuridilla carlsoni Carlson's Elysia, Sapsucking Slug

Thuridilla carlsoni is commonly referred to as Carlson's Elysia, Sapsucking Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Thuridilla carlsoni, Bali 2025

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AphiaID:: 494490

Scientific:: Thuridilla carlsoni
German:: Carlsons Elysia, Saftsauger
English:: Carlson's Elysia, Sapsucking Slug

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Thuridilla (Genus) > carlsoni (Species)
Initial determination:: Gosliner, 1995

Occurrence:: Australia, Bali, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Marschall Islands, New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Tulamben
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 15 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Unconsolidated muddy grounds
Size:: 0.79" - 0.98" (2cm - 2.5cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Food specialist
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-11-17 20:10:15
Last edit:: 2025-11-12 19:09:58

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Thuridilla carlsoni Gosliner, 1995

The background colour is a creme with greenn dots. Rhinophores are creme with aorange tip.Thuridilla carlsoni can found in depths to 15 m in sandy bottom and mud. Thuridilla carlsoni use the chloroplasts from the green algae, their diet, therefore this nudibranch is one of the "solar-powered slugs".

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
slugsite.us (en). Abgerufen am 12.11.2025.

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