Furry Taco Slug
Elysia tomentosa
- Usual depth2–16 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Elysia tomentosa is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Plakobranchidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Elysia tomentosa”, 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: 21 records
- February: 29 records
- March: 32 records
- April: 35 records
- May: 29 records
- June: 10 records
- July: 13 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 23 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–16 m · Deepest record: 22 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Shaunak Modi, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) libby hepburn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Matt B, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Sayee Girdhari, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Srichakra Pranav Tamarapalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Furry Taco Slug, Hairy elysia
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- フチドリミドリガイ
- Simplified Chinese
- 密毛平鰓海天牛, 密毛平鰓海蛞蝓
Similar species
Tri-banded Taco SlugElysia marginata
Lettuce slugElysia ornata
Halimeda Taco SlugElysia pusilla
Yellow elysiaElysia flava
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).
- 121 open-data records from 1995 to 2026.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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