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Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) 
AphiaID: 139686

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchacea (Suborder) > Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Elysia Risso, 1818
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Catalan elysia verda  [details]
Danish fløjlssnegl  [details]
Dutch groene wierslak  [details]
Dutch groene zeenaaktslak  [details]
English green elysia  [details]
English plant-sucking nudibranch  [details]
English sap-sucking slug  [details]
French elysie verte  [details]
German grüne Samtschnecke  [details]
Italian elisia  [details]
Spanish elysia verde  [details]
Swedish sammetssnigel  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
British Isles [details]
East Coast of South Africa [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (191 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Images 
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
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Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
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Picture of Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Picture of Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
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Picture of Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
Picture of Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Van Bogaert, B.
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139686
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686 on 2013-06-18
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