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Elysia papillosa

Elysia papillosa  A.E. Verrill, 1901

Elysia papillosa @ Key Largo, Florida (USA) by Manuel Malaquias

Taxonomy
 

Superdomain

Biota  

 

Kingdom

Animalia  

 

Phylum

Mollusca  

 

Class

Gastropoda  

 

Subclass

Heterobranchia  

 

Infraclass

Euthyneura  

 

Subterclass

Tectipleura  

 

Superorder

Sacoglossa  

 

Superfamily

Plakobranchoidea  

 

Family

Plakobranchidae  

 

Genus

Elysia  

 

Species

Elysia papillosa  A. E. Verrill, 1901

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 181213).
Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Elysia. It is a name of Latin origin, derived from the word Elysium, which in mythology is the home of the blessed, known as the “Elysian fields”. The name Elysia also means “God’s oath” in Hebrew. Frieder Sauer comments that Elysia means heavenly.
  • Papillosa. Derived from Latin word “papilla”, meaning “with papillae”. A papilla is a small nipplelike elevation of the skin.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Elysia papillosa
Sources:
: OBIS
: GROC 2010-2011
: Enric Madrenas
: João Pedro Silva
: Bernard Picton
: GBIF.ORG		 : 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 Elysia papillosa based on our own records.

More pictures

Elysia papillosa @ Madeira 02-2005 by Peter Wirtz
Elysia papillosa @ Stocking Island, Exuma, Bahamas 03-02-2004 by Anne DuPont
Elysia papillosa @ Stocking Island, Exuma, Bahamas 03-02-2004
Elysia papillosa @ Taliarte, Gran Canaria 3-11-2016 by José Juan Calderín Peñate

Bibliography

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    Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
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    Krug, P. J., J. E. Vendetti, and Á. Valdés. 2016. Molecular and morphological systematics of Elysia Risso, 1818 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa) from the Caribbean region. Zootaxa 4148 (1).
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    McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp  Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
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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

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Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Elysia papillosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 22/02/2015. Accessed: 02/12/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=18492)

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