Saltwater
Lettuce sea slug
Elysia crispata
Plakobranchidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 5 cm
Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, and 23 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Elysia crispata, common name the lettuce sea slug or lettuce slug, is a large and colorful species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk. The lettuce slug resembles a nudibranch, but it is not closely related to that clade of gastropods; it is classified as a sacoglossan.
Other names
No other names.
