Elegant Sapsucking Slug
Cyerce elegans
- Usual depth1–18 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, October, and December
- How commonRare
About this species
Cyerce elegans is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Cyerce elegans”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 5 records
- February: 14 records
- March: 24 records
- April: 15 records
- May: 20 records
- June: 13 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 16 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 28 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 25 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–18 m · Deepest record: 33.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Elegant Sapsucking Slug
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Cyerce élégante
- Japanese
- ミヤビウロコウミウシ
- Simplified Chinese
- 秀麗美葉海蛞蝓
Similar species
Multi-spotted Split-nose Sap-suckerCyerce bourbonica
Tiger Butterfly Sea SlugCyerce nigra
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 82 open-data records from 1975 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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