NARMS taxon details
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
139686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139686)
accepted
Species
Actaeon minutum M. Sars, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aplysiopterus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804 · unaccepted
- Variety Elysia viridis var. lactea Bergh, 1880 accepted as Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) (synonym)
- Variety Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (synonym)
marine
(of Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686 on 2025-05-13
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686 on 2025-05-13
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original description
(of Aplysiopterus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1830) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021 [details]
original description (of Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681
page(s): 385 [details]
original description (of Actaeon minutum M. Sars, 1835) Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982) Marcus, Ev. (1982). Systematics of the genera of the order Ascoglossa (Gastropoda. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies).</em> 48, Suppl. 10: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065666 [details]
original description (of Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268 [details]
original description (of Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 32 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
additional source Ortea J., Moro L. & Bacallado J.J. (2017). Nota sobre dos especies del género <i>Elysia</i> Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en las islas de Cabo Verde. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 29: 21-30. [details]
additional source Moro L., Ocana P, Bacallado J.J., Martin J. & Ortea J. (2017). Nota sobre tres babosas marinas (Nudibranchia y Sacoglossa) colectadas en las costas atlánticas de África (Cabo Espartel, Agadir y Dakhla), con un listado de especies acompañantes. <em>Vieraea.</em> 45: 205-214. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835) Cantraine, F. J. (1835). Diagnoses ou descriptions succinctes de quelques espèces nouvelles de mollusques. <em>Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles.</em> 2(11): 380-401., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2880681
page(s): 385 [details]
original description (of Actaeon minutum M. Sars, 1835) Sars, M. (1835). Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer, med en kort Oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne Arter og deres Forekommen. Thorstein Hallagers Forlag hos Chr. Dahl, R.S., Bergen, xii + 81 pp. + 15 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13017
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982) Marcus, Ev. (1982). Systematics of the genera of the order Ascoglossa (Gastropoda. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies).</em> 48, Suppl. 10: 1-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065666 [details]
original description (of Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804) Montagu, G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 7: 61-85, pls. 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756268 [details]
original description (of Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 32 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
additional source Ortea J., Moro L. & Bacallado J.J. (2017). Nota sobre dos especies del género <i>Elysia</i> Risso, 1818 (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) en las islas de Cabo Verde. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 29: 21-30. [details]
additional source Moro L., Ocana P, Bacallado J.J., Martin J. & Ortea J. (2017). Nota sobre tres babosas marinas (Nudibranchia y Sacoglossa) colectadas en las costas atlánticas de África (Cabo Espartel, Agadir y Dakhla), con un listado de especies acompañantes. <em>Vieraea.</em> 45: 205-214. [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | groene wierslak | [details] |
| English | plant-sucking nudibranchgreen elysia | [details] |
| French | elysie verte | [details] |
| German | grüne Samtschnecke | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (214 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elysia viridis)
To GenBank (225 nucleotides; 164 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysiopterus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Actaeon minutum M. Sars, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (214 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elysia viridis)
To GenBank (225 nucleotides; 164 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysiopterus neapolitanus Delle Chiaje, 1830)
To PESI (from synonym Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Actaeon minutum M. Sars, 1835)
To PESI (from synonym Laplysia viridis Montagu, 1804)
To PESI (from synonym Elysia viridis var. olivacea Jeffreys, 1869)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
