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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Placobranchoidea: Placobranchidae

Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967


Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 86.7°W to 39°W
Depth: 0.5 to 30 m (live 0.5 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Details


Elysia tuca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967b, p. 29-31, figs. 28-32
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Soldier Key, Biscayne Bay, Florida
Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 86.7°W to 39°W
Depth: 0.5 to 30 m (live 0.5 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bermuda, Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia
References: Thompson (1977) {DLM}; Waugh & Clark (1986) dl{W}; Hess & Abbott (1994) DL; Bass (2001, Sea Slug Forum); Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) {W}; Collin et al. (2005); Valdés et al. (2006) WM
Comments: 27.5°N in Florida (Jensen & Clark 1983).


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. [d. B.-R.] and E. Marcus. 1967. Tropical American opisthobranchs Studies in Tropical Oceanography 6 1-137. [Stated date: -- Dec 1967.]

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