WoRMS taxon details
Elysia chlorotica Gould, 1870
AphiaID: 160280
AphiaID: 160280
| 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] additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | ||||||||||
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| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 59 proteins) To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Dimensions: maximum size of 20 to 30 mm [details] Distribution: Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), 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) Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas [details] Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160280 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Elysia chlorotica Gould, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160280 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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