Limapontiidae
Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.
These sea slugs resemble nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. Most of the species are green because of the green algae they eat and live on.
12 branches of this family, most-observed first
Placida
genusPlacida
Ercolania
genusErcolania
Stiliger
genusStiliger
Sacoproteus
genusSacoproteus
Alderia
genusAlderia
Limapontia
genusLimapontia
Olive Slugs
genusOlea
Calliopaea
genusCalliopaea
Alderiopsis
genusAlderiopsis
Kerryclarkella
genusKerryclarkella
Alderella
genusAlderella
Swenninia
genusSwenninia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245645.