Elysia diomedea
Photograph taken by Marimar Ponce taken in Bahia de Banderas, Mexico
Comment from the photographer: Elysia diomedeas are commonly known in Mexico as "lechuguillas", something like "little lettuces".
They feed on algae, that stays inside their body and cotinue their fotosynthetic process through the transparent upper-most layer of skin.
They can be very big, this one in particular was almost 20 cm long.
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EXIF Information
- Camera
- Canon Digital IXUS 850 IS
- Date and Time
- 2009:03:07 11:25:46
- Exposure Time
- 1/125
- Exposure Bias
- 0/3
- Focal Length
- 4600/1000 mm
- Horizontal Resolution
- 1822500/10000 dpi
- Vertical Resolution
- 1822500/10000 dpi
- Aperture
- f/7.1
- Exposure Mode
- Auto exposure
- Metering Mode
- Pattern
- Flash
- Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
- White Balance
- Manual white balance
- Color Space
- sRGB
- Software
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Mollusca |
| Class | Gastropoda |
| Subclass | Opisthobranchia |
| Order | Sacoglossa |
| Family | Plakobranchidae |
| Species | Elysia diomedea |