page_title: Elysia timida
section_title: Feeding habits
hierarchical_section_title: Elysia timida / Feeding habits
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Elysia timida se nourrissant de l'algue verte Acetabularia acetabulum - obs. pers. - Banyuls-sur-Mer&#160;: 07/2001 English: Elysia timida feeding the green alga Acetabularia acetabulum - obs. pers. - Banyuls-sur-Mer&#160;: 07/2001
context_page_description: Elysia timida is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk.
context_section_description: It feeds on the alga Acetabularia acetabulum (from which it keeps the chloroplasts, that are able to continue photosynthesis in the slug's tissues) and Padina pavonica.
caption: On Acetabularia acetabulum.
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