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Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870) 
AphiaID: 160278

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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Range: 42.3°N to 36°N; 76.5°W to 70.6°W; Bay of Fundy (ARC), GOM (off Mass), Western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) to New Jersey. [details]

Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160278
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2005-05-31 07:34:34Z  created  Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z  checked  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160278 on 2013-05-18
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