MSBIAS taxon details
Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
139686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139686)
accepted
Species
marine
(of ) 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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686 on 2026-09-02
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139686 on 2026-09-02
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(of ) 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]
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 Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631496
page(s): 51; note: missidentification = E. rubropunctata [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.31939/vieraea.2017.45.11 [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]
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 Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631496
page(s): 51; note: missidentification = E. rubropunctata [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.31939/vieraea.2017.45.11 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sap-sucking slugplant-sucking nudibranchgreen elysia | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (214 publications)
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 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 (214 publications)
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 Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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