Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Sacoglossa > Suborder Plakobranchacea > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Plakobranchidae > Genus Elysia

Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ElysiaRisso, 1818accepted genus name
Aplysiopterus Delle Chiaje, 1830 synonym
Thallepus Swainson, 1840 synonym

Species group names

Actaeon elegans de Quatrefages, 1844 synonym
Aplysiopterus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1830 synonym
Elysia fusca Philippi, 1844 synonym
Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835 synonym
Elysia minuta Sars M., 1835 synonym
Elysia pagenstecheri Marcus Ev., 1982 synonym
Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869 synonym
Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: elysia verda sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Danish: fløjlssnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: groene wierslak; groene zeenaaktslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59
 English: green elysia; plant-sucking nudibranch; sap-sucking slug sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
 French: elysie verte sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.
 German: grüne Samtschnecke sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.
 Italian: elisia sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Spanish, Castillian: elysia verde sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Swedish: sammetssnigel

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.

additional source

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (191 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139686

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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