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306, figs. 18 (
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Ortea
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203, pls. 12.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE46C9F9D5FE9C1827" bold="true" box="[151,325,1594,1619]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Type material.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4712F9D5FDDF1827" box="[332,518,1594,1619]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4712F9D5FDDF1827" box="[332,518,1594,1619]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Elysia cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—holotype (USNM 859144) and 5 paratypes (USNM 859145).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C02FFCE4699F9B1FA931897" blockId="77.[151,1436,1594,1979]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4699F9B1FE6B1803" bold="true" box="[199,434,1630,1655]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="988BC5269C02FFCE47E5F9B0FB0F1803" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1291048867" box="[443,1238,1630,1655]" collectingDate="2006-05-01" collectionCode="LACM" country="Jamaica" location="Bay" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" specimenCode="LACM 173243" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Bay">
St. Annes
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE4464F9B0FDB11803" box="[570,616,1631,1655]" country="Cayman Islands" name="West Bay" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Bay</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C02FFCE442BF9B1FD0B1803" box="[629,722,1630,1655]" name="Jamaica" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Jamaica</collectingCountry>
, 25
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE455AF9B0FC4F1803" box="[772,918,1630,1655]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-05-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE455AF9B0FC4F1803" box="[772,918,1630,1655]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-05-01">May 2006, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (
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<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE4244F9B0FBB41803" box="[1050,1133,1631,1655]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">LACM</collectionCode>
173243
</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="988BC5269C02FFCE42BDF9B1FA9F1897" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1291048870" collectingDate="2005-02-01" collectingDateMax="2009-01-02" collectingDateMin="2005-02-01" collectionCode="CPIC, LACM" country="Bahamas" location="Stocking Island" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" specimenCode="CPIC 00127, CPIC 00015, CPIC 00078, CPIC 00080-81, LACM 173227, LACM 172283" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Bimini">
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C02FFCE42BDF9B1FA971803" box="[1251,1358,1630,1655]" name="Bahamas" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
: North
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE46C9F96DFF3118EF" box="[151,232,1666,1691]" country="Bahamas" name="Bimini" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Bimini</collectingRegion>
, 21
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE477FF96DFE0918EF" box="[289,464,1666,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-03-01">
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE477FF96DFE0918EF" box="[289,464,1666,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-03-01">March 2006, 1</collectingDate>
</date>
specimen (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE4404F96CFD2918EF" box="[602,752,1667,1691]" collectionCode="CPIC" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE4404F96CFD4318EF" box="[602,666,1667,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">CPIC</collectionCode>
00127
</specimenCode>
),
<location id="2D3C99A09C02FFCE4557F96DFC6618EF" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A04A7E6D9C02FFD246C9FB1BFCFB1BE8:2D3C99A09C02FFCE4557F96DFC6618EF" box="[777,959,1666,1691]" country="Bahamas" name="Stocking Island" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" stateProvince="Bimini">Stocking Island</location>
, 15
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE45A7F96DFB0B18EF" box="[1017,1234,1666,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2007-12-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE45A7F96DFB0B18EF" box="[1017,1234,1666,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2007-12-01">December 2007, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE4302F96CFF3818CB" collectionCode="CPIC" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE4302F96CFA4518EF" box="[1372,1436,1667,1691]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">CPIC</collectionCode>
00015
</specimenCode>
), 18
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE477EF948FE0218CB" box="[288,475,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2009-01-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE477EF948FE0218CB" box="[288,475,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2009-01-01">January 2009, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE443DF948FD2018CB" box="[611,761,1703,1727]" collectionCode="CPIC" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE443DF948FD7A18CB" box="[611,675,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">CPIC</collectionCode>
00078
</specimenCode>
), 29
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE4566F948FC2A18CB" box="[824,1011,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2009-01-02">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE4566F948FC2A18CB" box="[824,1011,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2009-01-02">January 2009, 2</date>
</collectingDate>
specimens (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE42D8F948FA9E18CB" box="[1158,1351,1703,1727]" collectionCode="CPIC" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE42D8F948FB1F18CB" box="[1158,1222,1703,1727]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">CPIC</collectionCode>
0008081
</specimenCode>
), Great
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE46C9F924FF301896" box="[151,233,1739,1762]" country="Bahamas" name="Exuma" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Exuma</collectingRegion>
, 29
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE4749F925FE3C1897" box="[279,485,1738,1763]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2005-12-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE4749F925FE3C1897" box="[279,485,1738,1763]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2005-12-01">December 2005, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE443AF924FCCF1897" box="[612,790,1739,1763]" collectionCode="LACM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE443AF924FD6E1897" box="[612,695,1739,1763]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">LACM</collectionCode>
173227
</specimenCode>
), 18
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE4513F925FBD41897" box="[845,1037,1738,1763]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2005-02-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE4513F925FBD41897" box="[845,1037,1738,1763]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2005-02-01">February 2005, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (
<specimenCode id="784567009C02FFCE42D2F924FAE61897" box="[1164,1343,1739,1763]" collectionCode="LACM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<collectionCode id="4EF257BE9C02FFCE42D2F924FB061897" box="[1164,1247,1739,1763]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34802" name="Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">LACM</collectionCode>
172283
</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C02FFCE4699F901FCFB193B" blockId="77.[151,1436,1594,1979]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<materialsCitation id="988BC5269C02FFCE4699F901FB6B195F" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1291048873" collectingDate="2006-03-01" collectingDateMax="2007-08-01" collectingDateMin="2006-03-01" country="Jamaica" location="Geiger Beach" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Florida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4699F901FD881973" bold="true" box="[199,593,1774,1799]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
<location id="2D3C99A09C02FFCE4438F901FCC91973" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A04A7E6D9C02FFD246C9FB1BFCFB1BE8:2D3C99A09C02FFCE4438F901FCC91973" box="[614,784,1774,1799]" country="Jamaica" name="Geiger Beach" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" stateProvince="Florida">Geiger Beach</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE4574F901FCA71973" box="[810,894,1774,1799]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Florida</collectingRegion>
, USA,
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE45B2F900FB6C1973" box="[1004,1205,1775,1799]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2007-08-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE45B2F900FB6C1973" box="[1004,1205,1775,1799]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2007-08-01">August 2007, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (isolate Ecor_07Gei01); Discovery
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE4793F8FCFE22195F" box="[461,507,1811,1835]" country="Cayman Islands" name="West Bay" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Bay</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C02FFCE4459F8FDFDBD195F" box="[519,612,1810,1835]" name="Jamaica" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Jamaica</collectingCountry>
, 7
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE44DBF8FDFCF3195F" box="[645,810,1810,1835]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-03-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE44DBF8FDFCF3195F" box="[645,810,1810,1835]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2006-03-01">March 2006, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (isolate Ecor_06Jam01)
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="988BC5269C02FFCE42E3F8FDFCFB193B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1291048876" collectingDate="2010-07-01" country="Bahamas" location="Little San Salvador" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Little San Salvador">
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE42E3F8FDFA41195F" box="[1213,1432,1810,1835]" inferredBySuffix="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
Little
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C02FFCE435FF8FCFA41195F" box="[1281,1432,1810,1835]" country="El Salvador" name="San Salvador" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">San Salvador</collectingRegion>
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C02FFCE46C9F8D9FED8193B" box="[151,257,1846,1871]" name="Bahamas" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C02FFCE4752F8D9FE4C193B" box="[268,405,1846,1871]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2010-07-01">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C02FFCE4752F8D9FE4C193B" box="[268,405,1846,1871]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" value="2010-07-01">July 2010, 1</date>
</collectingDate>
specimen (isolate Ecor_10LSS01).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C02FFCE4699F8B5FDF919CF" blockId="77.[151,1436,1594,1979]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4699F8B5FEB91907" bold="true" box="[199,352,1882,1907]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Live animal.</emphasis>
Specimens frequently cover their head with anterior parapodial flaps, as if shy. Slugs do not swim, and were not observed to perform the regular head bobbing movement described for
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE42CCF890FB2119E3" box="[1170,1272,1918,1943]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42CCF890FB2119E3" box="[1170,1272,1918,1943]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C02FFCE4358F891FEC519CF" author="Thompson" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" refString="Thompson, T. E. &amp; Jaklin, A. (1988) Eastern Mediterranean Opisthobranchia: Elysiidae (Sacoglossa = Ascoglossa). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 54, 59 - 69." type="journal article" year="1988">Thompson &amp; Jaklin 1988</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C02FFCE4779F84DFDCD19CF" author="Wirtz" box="[295,532,1954,1979]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" refString="Wirtz, P. &amp; Anker, A. (2009) Range extension for Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) to Sao Tome Island (eastern central Atlantic), with a film showing the curious locomotion of the species. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2, e 144. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 1755267209001171" type="journal article" year="2009">Wirtz &amp; Anker 2009</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="7C9C9FF39C01FFCD46C9F936FB7C19B1" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" targetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" targetPageId="78">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C01FFCD46C9F936FB7C19B1" blockId="78.[151,1436,1753,1989]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD46C9F936FEC0189B" bold="true" box="[151,281,1753,1775]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">FIGURE 45</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C01FFCD4779F936FE08189B" box="[295,465,1753,1775]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD4779F936FE08189B" box="[295,465,1753,1775]" italics="true" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">Elysia cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, external morphology and egg masses.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD453BF936FCAE189B" bold="true" box="[869,887,1753,1775]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">A</emphasis>
, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor_07Gei01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD47F1F8F9FE061958" bold="true" box="[431,479,1814,1836]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">BC</emphasis>
, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor_06Jam01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD4408F8BBFD5B191E" bold="true" box="[598,642,1876,1898]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">DF</emphasis>
, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor_07Gei01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C01FFCD4510F87EFC5019D3" bold="true" box="[846,905,1937,1959]" pageId="78" pageNumber="79">GH,</emphasis>
Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="7C9C9FF39C00FFCC46C9FC08FDB61A68" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256994/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" targetBox="[340,1246,193,977]" targetPageId="79">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C00FFCC46C9FC08FDB61A68" blockId="79.[151,1435,999,1052]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C00FFCC46C9FC08FEFC1D89" bold="true" box="[151,293,999,1021]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">FIGURE 46.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C00FFCC476EFC08FE061D89" box="[304,479,999,1021]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C00FFCC476EFC08FE061D89" box="[304,479,999,1021]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Elysia cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, drawing of renopericardial complex and dorsal vessel network from photograph of live specimen (isolate Ecor_06Jam01, 3 mm long).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="60F99CF09C00FFD34699FBACFADA181C" lastPageId="80" lastPageNumber="81" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" type="description">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C00FFCC4699FBACFEE91B08" blockId="79.[151,1437,1091,1980]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C00FFCC4699FBACFE711A28" bold="true" box="[199,424,1091,1116]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">External anatomy.</emphasis>
Summarized from Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C00FFCC448DFBAAFCC91A28" box="[723,784,1091,1116]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">et al.</emphasis>
(2011): Body small (to
<quantity id="EF1B629E9C00FFCC426CFBABFBA51A28" box="[1074,1148,1092,1116]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" unit="mm" value="8.0">8 mm</quantity>
), color white to grey on parapodia and head, with numerous papillae giving warty appearance (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC459FFB88FBCD1AF4" box="[961,1044,1127,1152]" captionStart="FIGURE 45" captionStartId="78.[151,250,1753,1775]" captionTargetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@78.[267,1312,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURE 45. Elysia cornigera, external morphology and egg masses. A, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis. B C, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor _ 06 Jam 01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C). D F, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F). G H, Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
AB). Inside of parapodia densely penetrated by green digestive diverticula, conferring light green tinge to outside of fed specimens (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC42B6FB64FAE21AD0" box="[1256,1339,1163,1188]" captionStart="FIGURE 45" captionStartId="78.[151,250,1753,1775]" captionTargetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@78.[267,1312,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURE 45. Elysia cornigera, external morphology and egg masses. A, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis. B C, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor _ 06 Jam 01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C). D F, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F). G H, Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
C). Foot, sides of head, anterior juncture of parapodia all green (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC455BFB40FC8E1ABC" box="[773,855,1199,1224]" captionStart="FIGURE 45" captionStartId="78.[151,250,1753,1775]" captionTargetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@78.[267,1312,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURE 45. Elysia cornigera, external morphology and egg masses. A, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis. B C, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor _ 06 Jam 01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C). D F, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F). G H, Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
DF). Red granules dot head and rhinophores, with smaller red spots scattered over parapodia (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC44DCFB3CFD0F1A98" box="[642,726,1235,1260]" captionStart="FIGURE 45" captionStartId="78.[151,250,1753,1775]" captionTargetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@78.[267,1312,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURE 45. Elysia cornigera, external morphology and egg masses. A, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis. B C, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor _ 06 Jam 01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C). D F, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F). G H, Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
D). Rhinophores long, curled; widening medially then tapering to a point; edge of rhinophores uneven, with undulating appearance due to many papillae, hence the etymology behind “horned
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” (
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DF). Outer surface of rhinophores white with red spots, inner surface yellowgreen with branches of digestive diverticula. Upper edge of oral lobes lined with “moustache” of small black spots (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC46C1FA8CFF2B1B08" box="[159,242,1379,1404]" captionStart="FIGURE 45" captionStartId="78.[151,250,1753,1775]" captionTargetBox="[267,1311,193,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@78.[267,1312,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="78" captionText="FIGURE 45. Elysia cornigera, external morphology and egg masses. A, Side view of live specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 4 mm long); note elongated, tapering rhinophores with knobby appearance, and orange vesicles in the epidermis. B C, Specimen from Discovery Bay, Jamaica (isolate Ecor _ 06 Jam 01; 3 mm long). Side view showing larger anterior and smaller posterior wing-flap extensions to the parapodium, and large brown epithelial granules (B); dorsal view showing renopericardium (C). D F, Specimen from Geiger Beach, Key West, Florida (isolate Ecor _ 07 Gei 01; 6 mm), showing red and orange spots on white parapodial flanks (D), larger brown granules embedded in anterior edge of parapodium (E), and, moustache of black spots on the oral lobes (F). G H, Egg masses laid by two Florida specimens, showing semi-transparent (G) or pale yellow (H) ribbon of ECY and early-stage embryos; scale bars = 130 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256993/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
B, F).
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Parapodia rise into prominent anterior peaks halfway along body, with second posterior set of smaller peaks on large specimens. White papillae in rows along parapodia. Parapodial margin scalloped due to row of white papillae (
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C). Parapodia covered with tiny red sots and larger orange spots. Larger spherical granules of irregular size embedded haphazardly in parapodial surface, ranging from golden-brown to orange, appearing as small craters due to elevated surrounding tissue (
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AB, D, F).
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Pericardium rounded, white with red spots, with one pair of dorsal vessels emerging at posterior end (
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C,
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). Vessels opaque, covered in dense white spots, with lateral branches extending up towards parapodial margin. Short renopericardium followed by a clear furrow running down the midline of most of the remaining body length.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C00FFCC4699F924FE791890" bold="true" box="[199,416,1739,1764]" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Internal anatomy.</emphasis>
Radula with 25 teeth (CPIC 0 0 0 78, CPIC 0 0 0 81, LACM 173243), 4 teeth in ascending limb and 9 teeth in descending limb (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C00FFCC441DF900FD4E197C" box="[579,663,1775,1800]" captionStart="FIGURE 47" captionStartId="80.[151,250,1199,1221]" captionTargetBox="[155,1436,181,1176]" captionTargetId="figure@80.[155,1440,181,1176]" captionTargetPageId="80" captionText="FIGURE 47. Elysia cornigera, SEM of the radula and penis. A, Radula, without ascus (CPIC 00078). B, Leading tooth, showing denticulate keel and smooth lateral edge (CPIC 00078). C, Leading tooth, showing serrated keel and denticulate lateral edge (CPIC 00081). D, Penis (LACM 173227)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256995/files/figure.png" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
A).
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reported 25 teeth in the ascending limb and 67 teeth in the descending limb. Unlike other Caribbean elysiids, radula of
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with two cutting edges. Leading tooth elongate with cusp bearing a denticulate keel, one smooth lateral edge (
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B), and one denticulate edge (47C).
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reported teeth of up to 216 µm in length. Base of teeth thickened and elongate, almost as long as tooth cusp. Ascus (CPIC 00080) containing jumbled heap of discarded teeth (not figured). Ascus with&gt;12 teeth according to
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.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD346C9FB40FEFA1AB1" bold="true" box="[151,291,1199,1221]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">FIGURE 47.</emphasis>
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, SEM of the radula and penis.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34570FB40FC9F1AB1" bold="true" box="[814,838,1199,1221]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">A,</emphasis>
Radula, without ascus (CPIC 00078).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD342BDFB40FB231AB1" bold="true" box="[1251,1274,1199,1221]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">B,</emphasis>
Leading tooth, showing denticulate keel and smooth lateral edge (CPIC 00078).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34512FB21FCBF1A90" bold="true" box="[844,870,1230,1252]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">C,</emphasis>
Leading tooth, showing serrated keel and denticulate lateral edge (CPIC 00081).
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Penis (LACM 173227).
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Penis elongate and coiled with with rigid musculature that did not deform after drying, devoid of armature (
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P, 47D). Base of penis wide. Deferent duct short and thin.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34699FA98FD921BE4" bold="true" box="[199,587,1399,1424]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Reproduction and development.</emphasis>
Development is lecithotrophic. Clutches contain 20137 ova ~105 µm in diameter (
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). A flat ribbon of pale yellow or semi-transparent ECY, granular in appearance, lines the upper surface of the egg mass, contacting each capsule (
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GH). Larvae develop in 1519 d at 22°C, with most undergoing encapsulated metamorphosis (95.8 ± 7.2%, n = 3 clutches) and emerging as crawl-away juveniles (Krug 2009). Mean larval shell length for two clutches from
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Keys specimens was 243.6 µm (± 10.0 SD, n = 22 shells) and 253.1 µm (± 6.2, n = 19), small larvae for Caribbean sacoglossans with lecithotrophic development (Krug 2009). The shell aperture has a distinctive extension diagnostic of
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(
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.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34699F99BFEBC18F9" bold="true" box="[199,357,1652,1677]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Host ecology.</emphasis>
The only known host is
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34423F99BFC5818F9" box="[637,897,1652,1677]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Acetabularia crenulata</emphasis>
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. Utricles atop the stipe are individually drained of cytoplasm. Whereas
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD347F5F976FDCC18C4" box="[427,533,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. timida</emphasis>
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retains diet-derived chloroplasts for 34 weeks,
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD3420DF976FB3C18C4" box="[1107,1253,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. cornigera</emphasis>
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quickly digests chloroplasts, showing a linear decline in photosynthetic activity over 11 d after feeding (Krug
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2011).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34699F930FDD1188C" bold="true" box="[199,520,1759,1784]" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Phylogenetic relationships.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD3444EF930FD15188C" box="[528,716,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Elysia cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recovered as sister to the Mediterranean species
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34373F90EFA4D188C" box="[1325,1428,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with which it was formerly synonymized (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C1FFFD34425F8EBFD1B1968" box="[635,706,1796,1821]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1859,1881]" captionTargetBox="[222,1338,197,1822]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[222,1338,193,1823]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 4. Phylogenetic hypothesis for family Plakobranchidae rooted on genus Bosellia (not shown) to illustrate relationships within the genera Elysia, Plakobranchus and Thuridilla. Topology and branch lengths are from Maximum Likelihood analysis of concatenated DNA sequences (2,807 bp total) representing portions of two mitochondrial (COI, 16 S) and two nuclear (H 3, 28 S) genes. Significant support values are given as ML bootstrap percentages (below branch), or BI posterior probabilities (above branch); asterisk = 1.0 or 100 % support. Species discussed in this study are bolded. Triangle denotes presence of a penial stylet." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256950/files/figure.png" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). The resurrection of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD345E5F8EAFB901968" box="[955,1097,1797,1820]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD345E5F8EAFB901968" box="[955,1097,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD342C0F8EAFB011969" box="[1182,1240,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">et al.</emphasis>
2011, 2013) was based in part on the divergence between the two species at COI (11.2% TrN), an inter-specific distance for
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD34308F8C8FA451934" box="[1366,1436,1831,1856]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34308F8C8FA451934" box="[1366,1436,1831,1856]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Elysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. No sister group was recovered with support for the clade of (
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD34530F8A2FC221910" box="[878,1019,1869,1892]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34530F8A2FC221910" box="[878,1019,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34249F8A2FBA41911" box="[1047,1149,1868,1893]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the most closely related clade comprised three species, including
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD344D2F89EFCF119FC" box="[652,808,1903,1928]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="thompsoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD344D2F89EFCF119FC" box="[652,808,1903,1928]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. thompsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is similar in appearance and also feeds
<collectedFrom id="9BFF8C869C1FFFD343DEF89FFEF019D9" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">
on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD346C9F87BFEF019D9" box="[151,297,1940,1965]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Polyphysaceae" genus="Acetabularia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Fungi" order="Dasycladales" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD346C9F87BFEF019D9" box="[151,297,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Acetabularia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</collectedFrom>
, and
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD34732F87AFE0C19D9" box="[364,469,1940,1965]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="lobata">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34732F87AFE0C19D9" box="[364,469,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. lobata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Within
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1FFFD34462F87AFD1519D8" box="[572,716,1941,1964]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD34462F87AFD1519D8" box="[572,716,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the Bahamas population was highly genetically differentiated from the Florida population, with the Florida clade of COI haplotypes nesting within a basal grade of Bahamas haplotypes; the lone Jamaica haplotype grouped with Florida (Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1FFFD345CDF832FC151981" box="[915,972,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">et al.</emphasis>
2011).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60F99CF09C1EFFD24699FF78FF391E8C" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" type="description">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C1EFFD24699FF78FF391E8C" blockId="81.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24699FF78FEC31EC4" bold="true" box="[199,282,151,176]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Range.</emphasis>
Bahamas (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD247C3FF78FDAD1EC4" author="Valdes" box="[413,628,151,176]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Valdes, A., Hamann, J., Behrens, D. W. &amp; DuPont, A. (2006) Caribbean Sea Slugs: A field guide to the opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, 289 pp." type="book" year="2006">
Valdés
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD247ADFF76FDF61EC4" box="[499,559,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
; Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24498FF76FCDB1EC4" box="[710,770,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
2011;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD2450BFF78FC2C1EC4" author="Redfern" box="[853,1013,151,176]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Redfern, C. (2013) Bahamian Seashells, 1161 Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamiamseashells. com, Inc., Boca Raton, viii + 501 pp." type="book" year="2013">Redfern 2013</bibRefCitation>
), Cayman Islands (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD2428BFF77FA4E1EC4" author="Hess" box="[1237,1431,151,176]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Hess, D. F., Abbott, R. T., Hanlon, R. T., Hamann, J., Meyer, K., Millen, S. &amp; Gosliner, T. M. (1994) Chapter 9 - Marine molluscs of the Cayman Islands. In: Brunt, M. A. &amp; Davies, J. E. (Eds), The Cayman Islands, Natural History and Biogeography. Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 71, pp. 139 - 189." type="journal article" year="1994">
Hess
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24349FF76FA8B1EC4" box="[1303,1362,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
1994
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD246C9FF53FEBB1EA1" author="Valdes" box="[151,354,188,213]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Valdes, A., Hamann, J., Behrens, D. W. &amp; DuPont, A. (2006) Caribbean Sea Slugs: A field guide to the opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, 289 pp." type="book" year="2006">
Valdés
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD246B6FF52FEF91EA1" box="[232,288,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
), Florida, USA (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24444FF53FD721EA0" author="Nuttall" box="[538,683,188,213]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Nuttall, T. R. (1989) A new Elysia (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys. The Veliger, 32, 302 - 307." type="journal article" year="1989">Nuttall 1989</bibRefCitation>
; Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD244A8FF52FCF71EA1" box="[758,814,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
2011), Jamaica (present study), Mexico (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD242A5FF53FF0D1E8C" author="Ortigosa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortigosa, D., Simoes, N. &amp; Calado, G. (2013) Seaslugs (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Campeche Bank, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Thalassas, 29, 59 - 75." type="journal article" year="2013">
Ortigosa
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2433AFF52FA451EA1" box="[1380,1436,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60F99CF09C1EFFD24699FEEBFCFB1BE8" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C1EFFD24699FEEBFB2C1C6C" blockId="81.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24699FEEBFEE21F69" bold="true" box="[199,315,260,285]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24719FEEBFE321F68" author="Nuttall" box="[327,491,260,285]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Nuttall, T. R. (1989) A new Elysia (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys. The Veliger, 32, 302 - 307." type="journal article" year="1989">Nuttall (1989)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24431FEEAFCD81F68" box="[623,769,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from specimens collected about
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from our
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C1EFFD24315FEEBFA451F69" box="[1355,1436,260,285]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Florida</collectingRegion>
collection sites, based on live specimens, radular SEM images, and larval development.
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD242E5FEC7FA451F34" box="[1211,1436,295,320]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L. &amp; Espinosa, J. (1997) Nuevos datos sobre el genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) en el Atlantico. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 9, 141 - 155." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24358FEC6FA9D1F34" box="[1286,1348,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(1997)
</bibRefCitation>
synonymized
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24768FEA2FE1F1F10" box="[310,454,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24455FEA2FDAC1F11" box="[523,629,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on material from
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C1EFFD245CCFEA3FC141F11" box="[914,973,332,357]" name="Cuba" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Cuba</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24581FEA3FB711F10" author="Ortea" box="[991,1192,332,357]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L. &amp; Espinosa, J. (1997) Nuevos datos sobre el genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) en el Atlantico. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 9, 141 - 155." type="journal article" year="1997">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24276FEA2FBBA1F11" box="[1064,1123,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
1997
</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 1C, pl. 1B), but
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD246C9FE9FFEBC1FFC" box="[151,357,367,392]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L., Caballer, M. &amp; Espinosa, J. (2011) Avances en el inventario del genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en el Mar Caribe: Redescripcion de Elysia purchoni Thompson, 1977 y descripcion de tres nuevas especies." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24682FE9EFECD1FFC" box="[220,276,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
rejected their own earlier synonymy and proposed that Caribbean material previously identified as
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD246EBFE7AFEC51FD9" box="[181,284,404,429]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD246EBFE7AFEC51FD9" box="[181,284,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD247D7FE7AFDCE1FD8" box="[393,535,405,428]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD247D7FE7AFDCE1FD8" box="[393,535,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD2447AFE7BFD2B1FD8" box="[548,754,404,429]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L., Caballer, M. &amp; Espinosa, J. (2011) Avances en el inventario del genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en el Mar Caribe: Redescripcion de Elysia purchoni Thompson, 1977 y descripcion de tres nuevas especies." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24434FE7AFD7B1FD9" box="[618,674,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
also suggested the possibility of the existence of two cryptic species under the name
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD247F9FE56FDEC1FA4" box="[423,565,441,464]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD247F9FE56FDEC1FA4" box="[423,565,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Genetic data in
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD244A7FE57FC2A1FA4" box="[761,1011,439,464]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Carmona, L., Malaquias, M. A. E., Gosliner, T. M., Pola, M. &amp; Cervera, J. L. (2011) Amphi-Atlantic distributions and cryptic species in Sacoglossan sea slugs. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77, 401 - 412. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / mollus / eyr 036" type="journal article">
Carmona
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24536FE56FC781FA4" box="[872,929,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
indicate that a specimen of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD2436AFE56FA451FA4" box="[1332,1436,439,464]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2436AFE56FA451FA4" box="[1332,1436,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Mediterranean was sampled in
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C1EFFD24426FE33FD151F81" box="[632,716,476,501]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Florida</collectingRegion>
, whereas most Floridian samples were genetically distinct
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD243DAFE32FEDC1C6C" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD243DAFE32FEDC1C6C" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is thus possible that
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24450FDEEFDAC1C6C" box="[526,629,511,536]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24450FDEEFDAC1C6C" box="[526,629,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was introduced to
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C1EFFD24514FE10FC421C6C" box="[842,923,511,536]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Florida</collectingRegion>
and/or Caribbean populations.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C1EFFD24699FDCBFB1D1D4C" blockId="81.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24699FDCBFE871C49" box="[199,350,548,573]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24699FDCBFE871C49" box="[199,350,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Elysia timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is larger (
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in body length), with outer parapodia, head and rhinophores colored pure white in contrast to the deep green diverticula visible inside the parapodia. In
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD2425DFDA6FB481C14" box="[1027,1169,585,608]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2425DFDA6FB481C14" box="[1027,1169,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the head and parapodia are greyer and more papillose, the red spots proportionally smaller, and the distinctive large golden-brown spherical inclusions giving an overall brownish tint. Rhinophores of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD245E4FD7EFB951CDC" box="[954,1100,657,680]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD245E4FD7EFB951CDC" box="[954,1100,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have an uneven edge, curve backward, and taper to a point, whereas those of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24499FD5AFCF61CB9" box="[711,815,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are smooth-edged and terminate in a rounded tip. The rhythmic contraction of rhinophores and head-bobbing of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2456DFD36FC441C84" box="[819,925,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have not been described from
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2435BFD36FA4D1C84" box="[1285,1428,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Developmentally, the ECY of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD247A4FD12FD521D60" box="[506,651,765,788]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD247A4FD12FD521D60" box="[506,651,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinctively semi-transparent, rather than bright yellow as in
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD243DAFD12FF061D4C" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD243DAFD12FF061D4C" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and egg size appears to be smaller in
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD244D1FCCEFCC51D4C" box="[655,796,801,824]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD244D1FCCEFCC51D4C" box="[655,796,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(105 µm) than in
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD245B8FCCEFB971D4C" box="[998,1102,799,824]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD245B8FCCEFB971D4C" box="[998,1102,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(120 µm).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C1EFFD24699FCABFD441A9C" blockId="81.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
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Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2474FFCAAFE971D29" box="[273,334,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
described specimens of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24495FCAAFC841D28" box="[715,861,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD245D2FCAAFBCD1D29" box="[908,1044,836,861]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD245D2FCAAFBCD1D29" box="[908,1044,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which we noted previously is a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24774FC86FE611DF4" box="[298,440,873,896]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="canguzua">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24774FC86FE611DF4" box="[298,440,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. canguzua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24795FC87FD7D1DF4" box="[459,676,871,896]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L., Caballer, M. &amp; Espinosa, J. (2011) Avances en el inventario del genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en el Mar Caribe: Redescripcion de Elysia purchoni Thompson, 1977 y descripcion de tres nuevas especies." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2444AFC86FD891DF4" box="[532,592,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
further suggest that
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD245C7FC86FBF31DF4" box="[921,1066,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD243DAFC86FF221DD1" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD243DAFC86FF221DD1" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. There are many similarities shared by
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD244EBFC62FCE61DD0" box="[693,831,909,932]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="canguzua">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD244EBFC62FCE61DD0" box="[693,831,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. canguzua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24538FC62FC301DD1" box="[870,1001,908,933]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24538FC62FC301DD1" box="[870,1001,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24276FC62FB6C1DD0" box="[1064,1205,909,932]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24276FC62FB6C1DD0" box="[1064,1205,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: both have scattered red spots across the head and body, a “moustache” of black spots on the upper oral lobes, and parapodial margins that widen considerably at the anterior edge. However, the parapodial extensions of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24209FC3AFB3D1D98" box="[1111,1252,981,1004]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="canguzua">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24209FC3AFB3D1D98" box="[1111,1252,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. canguzua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24350FC3AFA4B1D99" box="[1294,1426,980,1005]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24350FC3AFA4B1D99" box="[1294,1426,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are rounded, and form a pronounced siphonal opening (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24567FC18FBB31A64" author="Thompson" box="[825,1130,1015,1040]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Thompson, T. E. (1977) Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 43, 93 - 140, pls. 1 - 3." type="journal article" year="1977" yearSuffix="f">Thompson 1977: fig. 25f</bibRefCitation>
); in contrast, the anterior parapodial edge of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD2472CFBF2FDD91A40" box="[370,512,1053,1076]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2472CFBF2FDD91A40" box="[370,512,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
extends into angular, straight-edged side flaps. The shape of the rhinophores and the rounded siphonal opening drawn for
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24405FBAEFD041A2C" box="[603,733,1087,1112]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24405FBAEFD041A2C" box="[603,733,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are only consistent with
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD245ADFBAEFBA41A2C" box="[1011,1149,1089,1112]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="canguzua">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD245ADFBAEFBA41A2C" box="[1011,1149,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. canguzua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a species that Thompson was evidently unaware of, and not
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24441FB8AFD751A08" box="[543,684,1125,1148]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24441FB8AFD751A08" box="[543,684,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Although the radular tooth of both species possesses lateral edges on the sides of the cusp, the tooth of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD2441FFB66FD151AD4" box="[577,716,1161,1184]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="canguzua">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2441FFB66FD151AD4" box="[577,716,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. canguzua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD244A9FB66FCA51AD4" box="[759,892,1159,1184]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD244A9FB66FCA51AD4" box="[759,892,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) is only finely denticulate (and only evident by SEM), while that of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24725FB42FDD11AB0" box="[379,520,1197,1220]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24725FB42FDD11AB0" box="[379,520,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has both a prominently denticulate keel and a serrated lateral edge (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD2435EFB43FA4E1AB1" author="Marcus" box="[1280,1431,1196,1221]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Marcus, Er. (1955) Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia, 20, 89 - 200, pl. 1 - 30." type="journal article" year="1955">Marcus 1955</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD246C9FB20FE881A9C" author="Thompson" box="[151,337,1231,1256]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Thompson, T. E. (1977) Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 43, 93 - 140, pls. 1 - 3." type="journal article" year="1977">Thompson 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24703FB20FE341A9C" author="Nuttall" box="[349,493,1231,1256]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Nuttall, T. R. (1989) A new Elysia (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys. The Veliger, 32, 302 - 307." type="journal article" year="1989">Nuttall 1989</bibRefCitation>
; present study).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C1EFFD24699FB1BFCFB1BE8" blockId="81.[151,1437,151,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
Finally,
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD2477DFB1BFE2D1B78" box="[291,500,1268,1293]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea J., Espinosa J., Buske Y. &amp; Caballer M. (2013) Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 25, 163 - 194." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24737FB1AFE7B1B79" box="[361,418,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
</bibRefCitation>
state that “Redfern ... illustrates
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24536FB1BFBC01B79" box="[872,1049,1268,1293]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24536FB1BFBC01B79" box="[872,1049,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Elysia purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD2420FFB1BFB3E1B79" box="[1105,1255,1268,1293]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2420FFB1BFB3E1B79" box="[1105,1255,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Elysia timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under the name
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD246C9FAF8FE2D1B44" authority="Nuttall, 1989" authorityName="Nuttall" authorityYear="1989" box="[151,500,1303,1328]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD246C9FAF8FE8D1B44" box="[151,340,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Elysia cornigera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24700FAF8FE2D1B44" author="Nuttall" box="[350,500,1303,1328]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Nuttall, T. R. (1989) A new Elysia (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys. The Veliger, 32, 302 - 307." type="journal article" year="1989">Nuttall, 1989</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(species 783A and 783B respectively).” We find these remarks incoherent, given that
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24694FAD3FE441B20" box="[202,413,1340,1365]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Ortea, J., Moro, L., Caballer, M. &amp; Espinosa, J. (2011) Avances en el inventario del genero Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en el Mar Caribe: Redescripcion de Elysia purchoni Thompson, 1977 y descripcion de tres nuevas especies." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2474EFAD2FE921B21" box="[272,331,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011)
</bibRefCitation>
proposed
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD2444AFAD2FD7A1B20" box="[532,675,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be present in
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C1EFFD245DFFAD3FC651B21" box="[897,956,1340,1365]" name="Cuba" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Cuba</collectingCountry>
and was not in fact
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD242F6FAD2FAC91B21" box="[1192,1296,1340,1365]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="timida">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD242F6FAD2FAC91B21" box="[1192,1296,1340,1365]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. timida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and that
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD243DAFAD2FEDF1B0C" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD243DAFAD2FEDF1B0C" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be synonymous with their
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD24420FA8EFCD81B0C" box="[638,769,1375,1400]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="purchoni">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD24420FA8EFCD81B0C" box="[638,769,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. purchoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In fact,
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24539FAB0FBCA1B0C" author="Redfern" box="[871,1043,1375,1400]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Redfern, C. (2001) Bahamian Seashells, A Thousand Species from Abaco, Bahamas. Bahamiamseashells. com, Inc., Boca Raton, ix, 280 pp." type="book" year="2001">Redfern (2001)</bibRefCitation>
correctly identified his material as
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C1EFFD246C9FA6AFEFD1BE8" box="[151,292,1413,1436]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cornigera">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD246C9FA6AFEFD1BE8" box="[151,292,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">E. cornigera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as per
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C1EFFD24722FA6BFDC21BE8" author="Nuttall" box="[380,539,1412,1437]" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" refString="Nuttall, T. R. (1989) A new Elysia (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) from the Florida Keys. The Veliger, 32, 302 - 307." type="journal article" year="1989">Nuttall (1989)</bibRefCitation>
and Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C1EFFD244CCFA6AFD131BE9" box="[658,714,1412,1437]" italics="true" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">et al.</emphasis>
(2011).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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