Aplysia morio

Aplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901)

Aplysia morio @ Lake Worth lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 20-04-2009 by Anne DuPont

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Aplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901)

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassTectipleura
OrderAplysiida
SuperfamilyAplysioidea
FamilyAplysiidae
SubfamilyAplysiinae
GenusAplysia
SpeciesAplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901)
Synonyms

  • Aplysia donca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
  • Tethys (Aplysia) morio Verrill, 1901

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Aplysia. Derived from Greek word for “dirty”.
  • Morio. From Greek “moros”, silly, misshapen person.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Aplysia morio
Sources:
OBIS
GROC 2010-2011
Enric Madrenas
João Pedro Silva
Bernard Picton
GBIF
OPK
VIMAR
Manuel Ballesteros
M@re Nostrum
Altres fonts
Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Aplysia morio based on our own records.

More pictures

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Bibliography

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    Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2025) "Aplysia morio" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 21/02/2015. Accessed: 06/09/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=18243)