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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Placobranchoidea: Placobranchidae

Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955


Range: 28°N to 24°S; 82.65°W to 45.5°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955
Elysia eugeniae Ortea & Espinosa, 2002

Details


Elysia canguzua Er. Marcus, 1955, p. 111-113, fig. 45-48, 60-65
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Sao Sebastiao
Range: 28°N to 24°S; 80.7°W to 45.5°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1955) DdLlSE; Ev. Marcus (1980); Mikkelsen et al. (1995) NW; Valdés et al. (2006) M

Elysia eugeniae Ortea & Espinosa, 2002, p. 130-133, figs. 1A-C, 2A-D; pl. 1, fig. A
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Manzanillo, Limón, Costa Rica
Range: 9.63°N ; 82.65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica
References: Ortea & Espinosa (2002) DdNSEWM; Valdés et al. (2006) s


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil Bol. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciêncies e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia 20 89-200, pl. 1-30.
Ortea, J. and J. Espinosa. 2002. Nuevas especies del género Elysia Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) con caracteres singulares Avicennia 15 129-140.

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