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GH, 4244)
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: 89, figs. 15, 17; Krug 2009: 361-365, figs. 2C, 5D, 6;
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Händeler
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2009
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: figs. 6, 7; Christa
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2014: figs. 1F, 3.
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<date id="5C5DE9BB9C06FFCA4233FC57FAFC1DA4" box="[1133,1317,952,976]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="1993-08-01">August 1993, 1</date>
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specimen (
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178653
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C06FFCA4699FC10FD9D1A6C" bold="true" box="[199,580,1023,1048]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
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and
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,
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,
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,
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C06FFCA42A3FBEFFA451A6C" box="[1277,1436,1024,1048]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="2007-06-04">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C06FFCA42A3FBEFFA451A6C" box="[1277,1436,1024,1048]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="2007-06-04">June 2007, 4</date>
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specimens (isolate Epat_07Mote01-04)
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;
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:
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,
<collectingDate id="4C1910539C06FFCA45B2FBCBFB7C1A48" box="[1004,1189,1060,1085]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="2007-07-11">
<date id="5C5DE9BB9C06FFCA45B2FBCBFB7C1A48" box="[1004,1189,1060,1085]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="2007-07-11">July 2007, 11</date>
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specimens (isolate Epat_07Swe01, 0 2, 04-11),
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<date id="5C5DE9BB9C06FFCA4786FBA8FDB11A14" box="[472,616,1095,1120]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" value="2010-07-08">July 2010, 8</date>
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specimens (isolate Epat_10Swe01-05, 07-09), Stirrup Cay,
<specimenCount id="3EE504F29C06FFCA4344FBA7FA451A14" box="[1306,1436,1095,1120]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
(isolate Epat_07Stir01),
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,
<specimenCount id="3EE504F29C06FFCA44CDFB83FCC11AF1" box="[659,792,1132,1157]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
(isolate Epat_07NEx01),
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,
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(isolate Epat_07Bim01-07).
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C06FFCA4699FB5BFE861AB9" bold="true" box="[199,351,1204,1229]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Live animal.</emphasis>
When resting, slugs hunker down with head tucked between parapodia. Disturbed slugs either cover their head with their parapodia in a similar manner, or swim by flapping (undulating) their parapodia.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C06FFCA4699FB13FE7A1B61" bold="true" box="[199,419,1276,1301]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">External anatomy.</emphasis>
Specimens from Sweetings Cay ranged from 1.5
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in length, while
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C06FFCA428EFB13FAF81B61" box="[1232,1313,1276,1301]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Florida</collectingRegion>
specimens were
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in length. Overall color mottled white, grey or yellowish-brown, with scattered brown patches on sides of head and parapodia (
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AD). Body elongate when crawling. Head predominantly white. Faint orange-brown spots, small, dotting front of face; no moustache of spots on oral lobes. Thin brown line running across side of head under large eyespots, up onto proximal portion of each rhinophore. Rhinophores elongate, rolled, thick, with rounded blunt tips. Outer surface of rhinophores covered with white rounded papillae, both large and small. Thick brown transverse band dividing proximal third of each rhinophore from the distal two-thirds (
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AD).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C06FFCA4699F9F2FBD61809" blockId="73.[151,1437,879,2021]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
Foot not clearly distinct from parapodia. Foot same yellowish-brown color as parapodial base, with scattered faint iridescent blue dots. Transverse groove separates underside of head from foot.
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of body narrowing at ends of parapodia; foot then widening to form short, triangular tail with pointed end.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C06FFCA4699F968FB621920" blockId="73.[151,1437,879,2021]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
High-arching parapodia covering dorsum, often held over head of live animal. Upper half of parapodia predominantly white, grey or tan, with few scattered brown spots. Parapodial surface with streaks and patches of gold-yellow and white, with scattered dark brown spots. Parapodial surface everywhere dotted with white, rounded papillae varying in size. Parapodial margin even (not scalloped), with row of white papillae sometimes interspersed with light brown dots. Inner parapodial surface yellow or brown with white upper edge along margin; scattered blue iridescent dots speckle inner surface, sometimes highlighting dorsal vessels (
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EF).
</paragraph>
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Renopericardium running over half the body length, sometimes bending about halfway along, and may undergo a constriction at posterior end. Coloration of renopericardium white, with sparse brown dots. Dorsal vessels emerging from renopericardial extension, initially wide and straight, bifurcating once about halfway along the distance to parapodial edge, then each branch forking again near parapodial margin (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C06FFCA428DF823FAF61990" box="[1235,1327,1996,2021]" captionStart="FIGURE 43" captionStartId="75.[151,250,1015,1037]" captionTargetBox="[151,1418,193,993]" captionTargetId="figure@75.[151,1436,193,994]" captionTargetPageId="75" captionText="FIGURE 43. Elysia patina, drawing of renopericardial complex and dorsal vessel network traced from photographs of live specimens collected from Sweetings Cay, Bahamas in 2007: left, isolate Epat _ 07 Swe 01; right, isolate Epat _ 07 Swe 02. Grey areas represent sperm-storage vesicles." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256991/files/figure.png" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
). Vessels transparent, or pigmented by white or iridescent blue speckles (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC945D9FF78FC071EC4" box="[903,990,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 42" captionStartId="74.[151,250,1852,1874]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,807,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@74.[151,1436,807,1831]" captionTargetPageId="74" captionText="FIGURE 42. Elysia patina, external morphology and egg mass; all specimens 6 8 mm in length from Sweetings Cay, Grand Bahamas Island, Bahamas. A D, Views of four different live specimens showing brown transverse bands on rhinophores, and color variation from white to tan to brown-green, with white papillae. E, Relaxed specimen (8 mm) showing elongated renopericardial complex, dorsal vessel network, and opaque white gametic vesicles. F, Live specimen (6 mm) with parapodia held open showing dorsal vessels lined in iridescent blue, and gametic vesicles in a semi-transparent state. G, Egg mass spiral showing flat orange ECY ribbon above uncleaved ova. Actual diameter = 2 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256990/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 42</figureCitation>
EF). Four to five pairs of vessels on specimens
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long, including elongated posterior pair, which sends a short branch over the gametic vesicle on each side of body. Vessels roughly symmetrical, do not anastomose. Prostate gland visible as network of white tubes underlying renopericardium and dorsal vessels.
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One pair of large vesicles visible as rounded protrusions inside parapodia, either milky white or cloudy but partly clear (
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EF, 43). Vesicles irregular in size, each contacted by terminus of one or more branches of dorsal vessels; often located between branches forking from 4th or 5th vessel on each side. Vesicles not apparent on juvenile specimens &lt;
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in length; likely function as sperm-storage receptacles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C05FFC94699FE55FE041CF3" blockId="74.[151,1437,151,755]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC94699FE55FE441FA7" bold="true" box="[199,413,442,467]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Internal anatomy.</emphasis>
Radula with 14 teeth (LACM 178649, LACM 17865253), 6 teeth in ascending limb and
<quantity id="EF1B629E9C05FFC943D0FE54FF741F83" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.032" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" unit="in" value="8.0">8 in</quantity>
descending limb (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC947DEFE31FE0C1F83" box="[384,469,478,503]" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="76.[151,250,1412,1434]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1389]" captionTargetId="figure@76.[151,1436,301,1390]" captionTargetPageId="76" captionText="FIGURE 44. Elysia patina, SEM of the radula and penis. A, Complete radula (LACM 178652). B, Leading tooth (LACM 178649). C, Leading tooth (LACM 178652). D, Penis (LACM 178652), E, Loose teeth, showing triangular-shaped depressions." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256992/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
A). Leading tooth thin and elongate with approximately 55 very small denticles (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC94331FE31FF6C1C6F" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="76.[151,250,1412,1434]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1389]" captionTargetId="figure@76.[151,1436,301,1390]" captionTargetPageId="76" captionText="FIGURE 44. Elysia patina, SEM of the radula and penis. A, Complete radula (LACM 178652). B, Leading tooth (LACM 178649). C, Leading tooth (LACM 178652). D, Penis (LACM 178652), E, Loose teeth, showing triangular-shaped depressions." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256992/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
BD). Radular teeth smooth according to
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C05FFC944D4FDECFCEA1C6F" author="Marcus" box="[650,819,515,539]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" refString="Marcus, Ev. (1980) Review of western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 30, 54 - 79." type="journal article" year="1980">Marcus (1980)</bibRefCitation>
. Teeth without typical “V”-shaped depression of many other elysiids. Instead, teeth overlapping slightly with their tips resting in triangular-shaped depressions on side of adjacent teeth (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC9471DFDA5FE4E1C17" box="[323,407,586,611]" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="76.[151,250,1412,1434]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1389]" captionTargetId="figure@76.[151,1436,301,1390]" captionTargetPageId="76" captionText="FIGURE 44. Elysia patina, SEM of the radula and penis. A, Complete radula (LACM 178652). B, Leading tooth (LACM 178649). C, Leading tooth (LACM 178652). D, Penis (LACM 178652), E, Loose teeth, showing triangular-shaped depressions." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256992/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
F). Base of the tooth approximately ½ total tooth length. Ascus containing jumbled heap of discarded teeth (not figured).
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<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C05FFC946ABFD7DFEC21C87" blockId="74.[151,1437,151,755]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
Penis variable in length, with rigid musculature that did not deform after drying (LACM 17 865253) (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC94330FD7DFF7C1CBB" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1510,1532]" captionTargetBox="[239,1350,338,1481]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[235,1352,337,1489]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 6. Penial morphology of some species examined. A, Elysia ornata (LACM 178583). B E, Elysia crispata (LACM 178640) (B); (LACM 178641) (C); (LACM 2004.5.1) (D); (isolate Ecri _ 10 LKS 03) (E). F, Elysia chlorotica (LACM 178597). G H, Elysia patina (LACM 178650) (G); (LACM 178651) (H). I, Elysia flava (LACM 178626). J, Elysia subornata (LACM 178629). K, Elysia canguzua (LACM 178644). L, Elysia serca (CPIC 00027). M, Elysia evelinae (MZUCR INB 0003312779). N, Elysia velutinus (LACM 178642), O, Elysia papillosa (LACM 178607). P, Elysia cornigera (LACM 173227). Q, Elysia marcusi (LACM 178647), R, Elysia pratensis (CPIC 00068). S, Elysia zuleicae (LACM 178656). Abbreviations: bw, body wall; dd, deferent duct; pe, penis; s, stylet." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256952/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
GH), often bent, bearing a folded or scoop-shaped stylet (
<figureCitation id="B0D8D3FE9C05FFC94538FD59FC671CBB" box="[870,958,694,719]" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="76.[151,250,1412,1434]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1389]" captionTargetId="figure@76.[151,1436,301,1390]" captionTargetPageId="76" captionText="FIGURE 44. Elysia patina, SEM of the radula and penis. A, Complete radula (LACM 178652). B, Leading tooth (LACM 178649). C, Leading tooth (LACM 178652). D, Penis (LACM 178652), E, Loose teeth, showing triangular-shaped depressions." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256992/files/figure.png" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
E). Deferent duct long, thin, and loosely convoluted.
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<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C05FFC946C9F8D3FC1E1998" blockId="74.[151,1436,1852,2028]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC946C9F8D3FEF81926" bold="true" box="[151,289,1852,1874]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">FIGURE 42.</emphasis>
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, external morphology and egg mass; all specimens 68 mm in length from Sweetings Cay, Grand Bahamas Island, Bahamas.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC947EEF8B4FE381905" bold="true" box="[432,481,1883,1905]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">AD</emphasis>
, Views of four different live specimens showing brown transverse bands on rhinophores, and color variation from white to tan to brown-green, with white papillae.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC945CCF895FC7019E4" bold="true" box="[914,937,1914,1936]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">E,</emphasis>
Relaxed specimen (8 mm) showing elongated renopericardial complex, dorsal vessel network, and opaque white gametic vesicles.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC945A6F876FBDC19DB" bold="true" box="[1016,1029,1945,1967]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">F</emphasis>
, Live specimen (6 mm) with parapodia held open showing dorsal vessels lined in iridescent blue, and gametic vesicles in a semi-transparent state.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C05FFC94282F858FB3419B9" bold="true" box="[1244,1261,1975,1997]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">G</emphasis>
, Egg mass spiral showing flat orange ECY ribbon above uncleaved ova. Actual diameter = 2 mm.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC846C9FC18FEFB1A79" bold="true" box="[151,290,1015,1037]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">FIGURE 43.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84774FC18FE6A1A79" box="[298,435,1015,1037]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Elysia patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, drawing of renopericardial complex and dorsal vessel network traced from photographs of live specimens collected from Sweetings Cay, Bahamas in 2007: left, isolate Epat_07Swe01; right, isolate Epat_07Swe02. Grey areas represent sperm-storage vesicles.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84699FB9DFD961AFF" bold="true" box="[199,591,1138,1163]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Reproduction and development.</emphasis>
Marcus noted as unusual placement of the male aperture in the groove separating the head from the right parapodium, which we could not corroborate. Krug (2009) presented data on larval development but reversed the names
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84421FB54FD3F1AA6" box="[639,742,1211,1234]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84543FB54FC7D1AA7" box="[797,932,1210,1235]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, following
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Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84232FB54FB7C1AA7" box="[1132,1189,1210,1235]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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. Development in
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC846E8FB30FEC61A82" box="[182,287,1247,1270]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is lecithotrophic. Eggs are laid in a typical elysiid spiral, one egg per capsule, with a flat ribbon of bright orange ECY on the upper surface of the egg strand, under the outer covering of the egg mass (
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G). Mean clutch size was 45.0 (± 28.3 SD, n = 2). Mean diameter of uncleaved eggs was 116.3 µm (± 3.4 SD; n = 15 ova). Clutches held at ~25°C hatched after 19.5 d (± 0.7 SD, n = 2), releasing swimming veliger larvae that swam actively for 4 d before undergoing metamorphosis in the absence of any inductive cue. Mean larval shell length was 337.3 µm (± 12.7 SD; n = 65 shells), the largest larval size out of 59 sacoglossan species for which data exist (
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C04FFC8433FFA7DFECA1BBA" author="Krug" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" refString="Krug, P. J., Vendetti, J. E., Ellingson, R. A., Trowbridge, C. D., Hirano, Y. M., Trathen, D. Y., Rodriguez, A. K., Swennen, C., Wilson, N. G. &amp; Valdes, A. (2015) Species selection favors dispersive life histories in sea slugs, but higher per-offspring investment drives shifts to short-lived larvae. Systematic Biology, 64, 983 - 999. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1093 / sysbio / syv 046" type="journal article" year="2015">
Krug
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC846C9FA58FF161BBA" box="[151,207,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">et al.</emphasis>
2015
</bibRefCitation>
). Larvae released white mucus when disturbed. Juveniles fed immediately on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC842DEFA58FB211BBA" box="[1152,1272,1463,1486]" class="Chlorophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Halimeda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="opuntia">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC842DEFA58FB211BBA" box="[1152,1272,1463,1486]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
when the alga was provided.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C04FFC84699FA12FABF1942" blockId="75.[151,1437,1138,2027]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84699FA12FEBC1862" bold="true" box="[199,357,1533,1558]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Host ecology.</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="EA2701999C04FFC84732FA10FE571862" box="[364,398,1535,1558]" country="Haiti" name="Nord" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">No</collectingRegion>
prior report has documented the correct algal host for
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC845A8FA10FB841862" box="[1014,1117,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In this study, all specimens of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC846EBF9CCFEC4184E" box="[181,285,1571,1594]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected from clumps of the alga
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC844BDF9CDFC77184E" box="[739,942,1570,1595]" class="Chlorophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Halimeda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="opuntia">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC844BDF9CDFC77184E" box="[739,942,1570,1595]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Halimeda opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, generally growing in shaded and protected habitats, in water as shallow as a few cm. Slugs maintained in aquaria fed readily on
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8423DF9A8FB02182A" box="[1123,1243,1607,1630]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for 6 weeks, but never consumed other udotacean algae (
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8442FF985FD1D18F7" box="[625,708,1642,1667]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Udotea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84488F985FC9F18F7" box="[726,838,1642,1667]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Penicillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84507F985FC1A18F7" box="[857,963,1642,1667]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Caulerpaceae" genus="Caulerpa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84507F985FC1A18F7" box="[857,963,1642,1667]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Caulerpa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In the
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Keys,
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84286F984FA9D18F6" box="[1240,1348,1643,1666]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84286F984FA9D18F6" box="[1240,1348,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC843DAF984FF2918D2" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="marcusi">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC843DAF984FF2918D2" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. marcusi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
both feed on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC847D7F960FDD818D2" box="[393,513,1679,1702]" class="Chlorophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Halimeda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="species" species="opuntia">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC847D7F960FDD818D2" box="[393,513,1679,1702]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but have not been found co-occurring, even in similar habitats a few km apart; the species may be partitioned by competitive exclusion or distinct but as yet unidentified microhabitat preferences. Repeated assertions in the literature that
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84403F938FD1D189A" box="[605,708,1751,1774]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84403F938FD1D189A" box="[605,708,1751,1774]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
feeds on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84570F93AFC58189A" box="[814,897,1749,1774]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Udotea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84570F93AFC58189A" box="[814,897,1749,1774]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Udotea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C04FFC845D1F939FBA6189A" author="Jensen" box="[911,1151,1749,1774]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" refString="Jensen, K. R. &amp; Clark, K. N. (1983) Annotated checklist of Florida ascoglossan Opisthobranchia. The Nautilus, 97, 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1983">Jensen &amp; Clark 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C04FFC842D4F93AFA4E189A" author="Clark" box="[1162,1431,1749,1774]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" refString="Clark, K. B. &amp; DeFreese, D. (1987) Population ecology of Caribbean Ascoglossa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia): A study of specialized algal herbivores. American Malacological Bulletin, 5, 259 - 280." type="journal article" year="1987">Clark &amp; DeFreese 1987</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C04FFC846C9F915FECC1966" author="Clark" box="[151,277,1786,1811]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" refString="Clark, K. B. (1994) Ascoglossan (= Sacoglossa) molluscs in the Florida Keys: Rare marine invertebrates at special risk. Bulletin of Marine Science, 54, 900 - 916." type="journal article" year="1994">Clark 1994</bibRefCitation>
) stemmed from misidentification of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC844EFF914FCF51967" box="[689,812,1786,1811]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="zuleicae">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC844EFF914FCF51967" box="[689,812,1786,1811]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which does specialize on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84206F915FB731967" box="[1112,1194,1786,1811]" class="Ulvophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Udotea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84206F915FB731967" box="[1112,1194,1786,1811]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Udotea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Similarly, assertions that
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84696F8F0FE961942" box="[200,335,1821,1846]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="papillosa">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84696F8F0FE961942" box="[200,335,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
feeds on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC847E5F8F2FDF01942" box="[443,553,1821,1846]" class="Chlorophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Halimeda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC847E5F8F2FDF01942" box="[443,553,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Halimeda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
likely reflect misidentifications of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC845EAF8F0FBC21942" box="[948,1051,1823,1846]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC845EAF8F0FBC21942" box="[948,1051,1823,1846]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC8421EF8F0FAB81942" authority="Clark 1984" authorityName="Clark" authorityYear="1984" box="[1088,1377,1821,1846]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="papillosa">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8421EF8F0FB1E1942" box="[1088,1223,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. papillosa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C04FFC84288F8F2FA801942" author="Clark" box="[1238,1369,1821,1846]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" refString="Clark, K. B. (1984) New records and synonymies of Bermuda opisthobranchs (Gastropoda). The Nautilus, 98, 85 - 97." type="journal article" year="1984">Clark 1984</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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Christa
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8477CF8ACFE84192F" box="[290,349,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">et al.</emphasis>
(2014) reported several
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC84423F8ADFD32192F" box="[637,747,1858,1883]" class="Chlorophyceae" family="Udoteaceae" genus="Halimeda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Bryopsidales" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chlorophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84423F8ADFD32192F" box="[637,747,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Halimeda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. as the food of “
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC845B6F8ACFB5B192F" box="[1000,1154,1858,1883]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C04FFC845B6F8ACFBA3192F" box="[1000,1146,1858,1883]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="papillosa">E. papillosa</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
but the specimens were actually
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC846A2F888FEB3190A" box="[252,362,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on DNA barcodes of the slugs (and vice-versa: their “
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8420AF888FB18190A" box="[1108,1217,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” were actually
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC843DAF888FF2619D7" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). For unclear reasons, Christa
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84403F864FD4F19D7" box="[605,662,1930,1955]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">et al.</emphasis>
(2014) did not list
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8452DF864FC3219D6" box="[883,1003,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a source of plastids from
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8436AF864FA4519D6" box="[1332,1436,1931,1954]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">E. patina</emphasis>
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even though some algal barcodes matched closely the lone included reference sequence for Caribbean
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC8437DF840FA4219B2" box="[1315,1435,1967,1990]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(NCBI accession #
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, mis-entered as AY942147 on Fig. S1 of Christa
<emphasis id="1A9713699C04FFC84251F83CFB9E199F" box="[1039,1095,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">et al.</emphasis>
2014). Their data suggest that
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF46C9FF76FED91EC4" box="[151,256,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
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may occasionally consume a broader range of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4540FF78FC551EC4" box="[798,908,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Halimeda</emphasis>
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spp. than is reflected by their tight ecological association with clumps of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF47B6FF52FDBE1EA0" box="[488,615,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the only microhabitat in which we have consistently (and indeed, exclusively) sampled this elysiid.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF46C9FA6BFEFB1BEE" bold="true" box="[151,290,1412,1434]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">FIGURE 44.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4775FA6BFE6D1BEE" box="[299,436,1412,1434]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Elysia patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, SEM of the radula and penis.
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF44A1FA6BFCCE1BEE" bold="true" box="[767,791,1412,1434]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">A,</emphasis>
Complete radula (LACM 178652).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF42CCFA6BFB711BEE" bold="true" box="[1170,1192,1412,1434]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">B,</emphasis>
Leading tooth (LACM 178649).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF475EFA4DFEC01BCC" bold="true" box="[256,281,1442,1464]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">C,</emphasis>
Leading tooth (LACM 178652).
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF44C8FA4DFD711BCC" bold="true" box="[662,680,1442,1464]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">D</emphasis>
, Penis (LACM 178652),
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4593FA4DFC071BCC" bold="true" box="[973,990,1442,1464]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E</emphasis>
, Loose teeth, showing triangular-shaped depressions.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4699F9EBFDD61869" bold="true" box="[199,527,1540,1565]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Phylogenetic relationships.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4443F9EBFD631868" box="[541,698,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Elysia patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recovered within subclade 1, but no sister species was identified with meaningful support (
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).
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Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4492F9C6FCDC1834" box="[716,773,1575,1600]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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casually erected a new genus,
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF42ECF9C8FAE41834" box="[1202,1341,1575,1600]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Checholysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF43DAF9C6FF061810" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the
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species, as a “
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4443F9A2FCF11810" box="[541,808,1613,1636]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">precaución taxonomica</emphasis>
” or taxonomic precaution, with a penial stylet as the supposed distinguishing synapomorphy of the new genus. However, penial stylets are present in all three sacoglossan superfamilies, and are phylogenetically distributed throughout
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C03FFCF427BF97BFBB218D9" box="[1061,1131,1684,1709]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF427BF97BFBB218D9" box="[1061,1131,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Elysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). Therefore, our phylogenetic analysis reveals that
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4443F958FD7118A4" box="[541,680,1719,1744]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Checholysia</emphasis>
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is polyphyletic and invalid, as stylets have evolved independently several times in
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C03FFCF470CF933FE411881" box="[338,408,1756,1781]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF470CF933FE411881" box="[338,408,1756,1781]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Elysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The proposal was not taxonomically “cautious,” as erecting a new genus rendered
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C03FFCF4308F933FA451881" box="[1366,1436,1756,1781]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4308F933FA451881" box="[1366,1436,1756,1781]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Elysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
paraphyletic with respect to
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF478AF910FD87196C" box="[468,606,1791,1816]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Checholysia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a problem not discussed by
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Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF45B7F8EEFBFB196C" box="[1001,1058,1791,1816]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60F99CF09C03FFCF4699F8CBFAC31914" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" type="description">
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C03FFCF4699F8CBFAC31914" blockId="76.[151,1437,1540,2032]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4699F8CBFEC31949" bold="true" box="[199,282,1828,1853]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Range.</emphasis>
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,
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(
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C03FFCF478FF8CBFD431948" author="Ev" box="[465,666,1828,1852]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" refString="Marcus, Ev. (1980) Review of western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 30, 54 - 79." type="journal article" year="1980">Ev. Marcus 1980</bibRefCitation>
; present study)
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,
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<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C03FFCF4502F8CBFC1E1949" box="[860,967,1828,1853]" name="Bahamas" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
: Sweetings Cay,
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; Stirrup Cay;
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Exumas
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;
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(present study), Mia Reef
<collectingCountry id="50F48FEB9C03FFCF4528F8A8FC461914" box="[886,927,1863,1888]" name="Iceland" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Isla</collectingCountry>
Mujeres
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, Mexico (present study).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="60F99CF09C03FFCE4699F883FEE51AD4" lastPageId="77" lastPageNumber="78" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4699F883FEE219F1" bold="true" box="[199,315,1900,1925]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C03FFCF471DF882FE3319F0" author="Marcus" box="[323,490,1900,1924]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" refString="Marcus, Ev. (1980) Review of western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 30, 54 - 79." type="journal article" year="1980">Marcus (1980)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4438F882FD1619F0" box="[614,719,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from a preserved specimen and had not seen the species alive.
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C03FFCF46C9F87FFEBF19DC" box="[151,358,1935,1960]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" refString="Ortea, J., Caballer, M., Moro, L. &amp; Espinosa, J. (2005) Elysia papillosa Verrill, 1901 y Elysia patina Marcus, 1980, (Mollusca: Sacoglossa: Elysiidae) dos nombres para cuatro especies. Vieraea, 33, 495 - 514." type="journal article">
Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4682F87EFECD19DC" box="[220,276,1935,1960]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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described
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF4781F87EFDBF19DC" box="[479,614,1935,1960]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C03FFCF44D2F87EFD2A19DC" box="[652,755,1937,1960]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF44D2F87EFD2A19DC" box="[652,755,1937,1960]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, inexplicably ignoring the completely different radular tooth morphology shown for
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF47FFF85AFDD019B8" box="[417,521,1973,1996]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the original description, and without examining the
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material.
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Ortea
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF433DF85AFA4519B9" box="[1379,1436,1972,1997]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">et al.</emphasis>
(2005)
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asserted that
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C03FFCF47DEF837FDF11984" author="Marcus" box="[384,552,2008,2032]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" refString="Marcus, Ev. (1980) Review of western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 30, 54 - 79." type="journal article" year="1980">Marcus (1980)</bibRefCitation>
had mixed two species in her
<typeStatus id="F75871D99C03FFCF45D4F837FC631984" box="[906,954,2008,2032]" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">type</typeStatus>
series for
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C03FFCF426BF836FB441984" box="[1077,1181,2009,2032]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C03FFCF426BF836FB441984" box="[1077,1181,2009,2032]" italics="true" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but we examined the
<typeStatus id="F75871D99C02FFCE46C9FF78FF201EC4" box="[151,249,151,176]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(a mounted series of thin sections) and found no evidence of multiple species;
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C02FFCE42C3FF77FA9F1EC4" author="Marcus" box="[1181,1350,152,176]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" refString="Marcus, Ev. (1980) Review of western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new Elysia species. Bulletin of Marine Science, 30, 54 - 79." type="journal article" year="1980">Marcus (1980)</bibRefCitation>
clearly states that her diagnosis of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4797FF52FDE91EA0" box="[457,560,189,212]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4797FF52FDE91EA0" box="[457,560,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was based on a single specimen from
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. A specimen from
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(fig.
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) was noted in the text as a different species, distinct from
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4216FF0EFB761E8C" box="[1096,1199,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
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, but was confusingly labeled as
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4750FEEAFEAF1F68" box="[270,374,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
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in the legend to figures 59 and
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. This may have led
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Ortea
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(2005)
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to conclude that two different species were mixed in the description of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE45D0FEC6FC2D1F34" box="[910,1012,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
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, but there is no evidence of that in the
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series.
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Specimens of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4737FE9EFE0B1FFC" box="[361,466,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be superficially similar to whitish specimens of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4270FE9EFB6E1FFC" box="[1070,1207,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42AFFE9EFA951FFC" box="[1265,1356,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. taino</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE430AFE80FA4C1FFC" bold="true" box="[1364,1429,367,392]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, both in external appearance and in their pattern of dorsal vessel venation, but a number of characters differentiate these species. First,
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4723FE56FE3F1FA4" box="[381,486,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a curved finely denticulate radular tooth
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE45B8FE56FC261FA4" box="[998,1023,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78"></emphasis>
the “
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4269FE58FB7C1FA4" box="[1079,1189,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Halimeda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spur” of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4772FE32FE9C1F80" box="[300,325,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78"></emphasis>
whereas
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE47F3FE32FDE31F81" box="[429,570,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4425FE32FD031F80" box="[635,730,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. taino</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="01A4AE129C02FFCE44B8FE33FCF31F81" box="[742,810,476,501]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE44B8FE33FCF31F81" bold="true" box="[742,810,476,501]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
both have a coarsely serrulated, blade-shaped tooth. Second, the gametic vesicles of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE47A5FDEEFDB81C6C" box="[507,609,513,536]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE47A5FDEEFDB81C6C" box="[507,609,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are located at the posterior end of the renopericardium, often contacted by terminal branches of the vessels; in contrast, the gametic vesicles of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE45E8FDCAFB991C49" box="[950,1088,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4223FDCAFB011C48" box="[1149,1240,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. taino</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42BCFDCBFAFD1C49" bold="true" box="[1250,1316,548,573]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
are found midway along the renopericardium, lying between the primary vessels. Third, the coloration of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4373FDA6FA451C14" box="[1325,1436,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consistently grades from dark brown to yellow to white moving from the foot up to the parapodial margin, in contrast to the more variable coloration and especially the irridescent speckling inside the parapodia of
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE43DAFD7EFF261CB9" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="papillosa">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE43DAFD7EFF261CB9" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE474EFD5AFEA01CB8" box="[272,377,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also lacks red spots on, or red lines crossing, the parapodial margins, whereas red spots or bands commonly occur on specimens of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE443EFD36FD601C84" box="[608,697,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. taino</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE449EFD38FD261C84" bold="true" box="[704,767,727,752]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C02FFCE4699FD12FB2C1D99" blockId="77.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
Host use further distinguishes
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE447FFD12FD511D60" box="[545,648,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
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from all related species: among the udotacean specialists comprising subclade 1, only
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4708FCCEFE671D4C" box="[342,446,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
feeds on
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4472FCCEFD7A1D4C" box="[556,675,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, while similar species feed on
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE425CFCF0FBAB1D4C" box="[1026,1138,799,824]" class="Bivalvia" family="Penicillidae" genus="Penicillus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE425CFCF0FBAB1D4C" box="[1026,1138,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Penicillus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE42DDFCCEFAD21D4C" box="[1155,1291,799,824]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="papillosa">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42DDFCCEFAD21D4C" box="[1155,1291,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. papillosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE431DFCCEFA451D4C" box="[1347,1436,801,824]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="taino" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE431DFCCEFA451D4C" box="[1347,1436,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. taino</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="01A4AE129C02FFCE46C9FCABFF0F1D29" box="[151,214,836,861]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE46C9FCABFF0F1D29" bold="true" box="[151,214,836,861]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
) or
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4758FCABFE801D29" box="[262,345,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Udotea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4737FCAAFE3C1D29" box="[361,485,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE47ADFCAAFDB91D29" box="[499,608,836,861]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="buonoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE47ADFCAAFDB91D29" box="[499,608,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. buonoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="01A4AE129C02FFCE4439FCABFD7F1D29" box="[615,678,836,861]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4439FCABFD7F1D29" bold="true" box="[615,678,836,861]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
). Finally, developmental characters also distinguish
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE42A9FCAAFA871D28" box="[1271,1374,837,860]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42A9FCAAFA871D28" box="[1271,1374,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from morphologically similar elysiids in subclade 1: only
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE44A5FC86FCBC1DF4" box="[763,869,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
produces egg masses containing a flat ribbon of orange ECY, from which hatch swimming lecithotrophic larvae of exceptionally large size. Although
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4349FC62FA451DD1" box="[1303,1436,908,933]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="velutinus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4349FC62FA451DD1" box="[1303,1436,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sometimes feeds on
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4720FC5EFE2F1DBC" box="[382,502,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">H. opuntia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and produces lecithotrophic clutches containing orange ECY, external and radular morphology clearly differentiate
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4457FC3AFD541D99" box="[521,653,980,1005]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="velutinus">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4457FC3AFD541D99" box="[521,653,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. velutinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE448CFC3AFCE01D98" box="[722,825,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the species are not closely related.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="285CCF7B9C02FFCE46C9FC17FEE51AD4" blockId="77.[151,1437,151,1184]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
A similar curved radular tooth morphology is shared by
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4547FC16FC5B1A64" box="[793,898,1017,1040]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4547FC16FC5B1A64" box="[793,898,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE45CEFC16FBD41A64" box="[912,1037,1015,1040]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="zuleicae">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE45CEFC16FBD41A64" box="[912,1037,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4218FC16FB6D1A64" box="[1094,1204,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. buonoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="01A4AE129C02FFCE42E2FC18FB251A64" box="[1212,1276,1015,1040]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE42E2FC18FB251A64" bold="true" box="[1212,1276,1015,1040]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">n. sp.</emphasis>
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However, the dorsal vessel pattern and tail of
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4444FBF2FD431A41" box="[538,666,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differentiate this species from
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE4250FBF2FBA21A40" box="[1038,1147,1053,1076]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="patina">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4250FBF2FBA21A40" box="[1038,1147,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as do host use and the production of white ECY, and the shape of the penial stylet. These species were confused in the literature by
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C02FFCE430CFBAFFE9D1A08" author="Jensen" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" refString="Jensen, K. R. &amp; Clark, K. N. (1983) Annotated checklist of Florida ascoglossan Opisthobranchia. The Nautilus, 97, 1 - 13." type="journal article" year="1983">Jensen &amp; Clark (1983)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="4C72B28A9C02FFCE4722FB8BFDD71A08" author="Clark" box="[380,526,1124,1149]" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" refString="Clark, K. B. (1994) Ascoglossan (= Sacoglossa) molluscs in the Florida Keys: Rare marine invertebrates at special risk. Bulletin of Marine Science, 54, 900 - 916." type="journal article" year="1994">Clark (1994)</bibRefCitation>
, who reported details on
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE4575FB8AFC7F1A09" box="[811,934,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
under the name
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<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE423DFB8AFB121A08" box="[1123,1227,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. patina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
before
<taxonomicName id="EFE3B4F89C02FFCE437FFB8AFA451A09" box="[1313,1436,1124,1149]" class="Gastropoda" family="Plakobranchidae" genus="Elysia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sacoglossa" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="zuleicae">
<emphasis id="1A9713699C02FFCE437FFB8AFA451A09" box="[1313,1436,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">E. zuleicae</emphasis>
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was described.
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