North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Elysia Risso, 1818

AphiaID

137928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137928)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Notarchus timidus Risso, 1818 accepted as Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Elysia Risso, 1818

Synonymised names

Aplysiopterus Delle Chiaje, 1830 · unaccepted

Pterogasteron Pease, 1860 · unaccepted

Thallepus Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted

Direct children (27)
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Species Elysia annedupontae Ortea, Caballer, Moro & Espinosa, 2005
Species Elysia catulus (Gould, 1870)
Species Elysia chlorotica A. Gould, 1870
Species Elysia flava Verrill, 1901
Species Elysia grandifolia Kelaart, 1858
Species Elysia hetta Perrone, 1990
Species Elysia manriquei Ortea & Moro, 2009
Species Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962
Species Elysia marginata (Pease, 1871)
Species Elysia nealae Ostergaard, 1955
Species Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840)
Species Elysia papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901
Species Elysia rubeni Martín-Hervás, Carmona, K. R. Jensen, Licchelli, Vitale & Cervera, 2020
Species Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901
Species Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)
Species Elysia tomentosa K. R. Jensen, 1997
Species Elysia translucens Pruvot-Fol, 1957
Species Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)

Species Elysia cauze Er. Marcus, 1957 accepted as Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Elysia cyanea Mamo, 1867 accepted as Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853) (synonym)
Species Elysia fusca R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Elysia gordanae T. E. Thompson & Jaklin, 1988 accepted as Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962
Species Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (dubious synonym)
Species Elysia minuta M. Sars, 1835 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Elysia splendida Grube, 1861 accepted as Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)

Species Elysia fezi Vilella, 1968 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine

Original description

Risso, A. (1818). Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 87: 368-377., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6173832
page(s): 375 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Elysia Risso, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137928 on 2023-06-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Elysia Risso, 1818. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137928 on 2023-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-02-10 09:45:04Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2010-09-21 04:41:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-09 06:09:23Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Risso, A. (1818). Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 87: 368-377., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6173832
page(s): 375 [details]

original description (of Pterogasteron Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516
page(s): 35 [details]

original description (of Aplysiopterus Delle Chiaje, 1830) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). 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
page(s): vol. 4, p. 31 [details]

original description (of Thallepus Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 250, 359 [details]

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

basis of record Krug P.J., Vendetti J.E. & Valdés Á. (2016). Molecular and morphological systematics of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa) from the Caribbean region. Zootaxa. 4148(1): 1-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4148.1.1 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Elysia)
To ITIS


Elysia timida [image from typetaxon]


Elysia timida [image from typetaxon]


Elysia timida [image from typetaxon]


Elysia timida [image from typetaxon]


Elysia timida [image from typetaxon]


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