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Elysia subornata

Elysia subornata A.E. Verrill, 1901

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

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassTectipleura
SuperorderSacoglossa
SuperfamilyPlakobranchoidea
FamilyPlakobranchidae
GenusElysia
SpeciesElysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [181214]

Synonyms

  • Elysia cauze Er. Marcus, 1957

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.
  • Subornata. From Latin “sub”, under, until, before, up to, about, up to, up under, close to (of motion) + “Ornata”, from “ornatus”, means distinguished, honored, well equipped/endowed, richly adorned, ornate.

Distribution

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Abundance

Northeastern Atlantic
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Western Mediterranean
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Eastern Mediterranean
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No records Occasional Infrequent Frequent Very frequent

Relative abundance of Elysia subornata among the different marine basins, based on our own records

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Elysia subornata based on our own records.

This chart displays the number of annual observations of Elysia subornata over the last 50 years, based on our own records. The trend should be interpreted with caution, as it may be biased by the growing popularity of this animal group.

More pictures

Elysia subornata @ Stocking Island, Exuma, Bahamas

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) "Elysia subornata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 22/02/2015. Accessed: 12/11/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=18493)