Placida viridis (Trinchese, 1873)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Superorder | Sacoglossa | |
Superfamily | Plakobranchoidea | |
Family | Limapontiidae | |
Genus | Placida | |
Species | Placida viridis (Trinchese, 1874) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141569). | ||
- Laura viridis Trinchese, 1873
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Placida. From Latin “placeō”, please, satisfy. Also means placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful.
- Viridis. Latin word for “green”, also means young, fresh, lively, youthful.
Distribution
| 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 |
References for the species: Placida viridis
- Catalunya: Ros (1975, 1978b, 1985a), Ros & Altimira (1977).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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Bibliography
Ballesteros, M. 2007. Lista actualizada de los opistobranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira. 2: 163–188.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2016. Actualización del catálogo de los moluscos opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira 6(2016): 1-28.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2020. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Evertsen, J., and G. Johnsen. 2009. In vivo and in vitro differences in chloroplast functionality in the two north Atlantic sacoglossans (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Placida dendritica and Elysia viridis. Marine Biology. 156: 847–859.
Flanders Marine Institute. 2018. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. (http://www.marineregions.org/).
Gascoigne, T., and M. Sordi. 1980. A redescription of Placida viridis (Trinchese, 1873) (Gastropoda: Ascoglossa). Journal of Conchology 30: 167-179.
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
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).
Monselise, E., and H. Mienis. 1977. PLACIDA-VIRIDIS (GASTROPODA-OPISTHOBRANCHIA) FROM MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF ISRAEL, AND ITS ALGAL FOOD. Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 248–249.
Ros, J. 1973. Opistobranquios (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) del litoral ibérico : Estudio faunístico y ecológico. Tesi doctoral. Universitat de Barcelona.
Ros, J. 1985. Distibución batimétrica, abundancia y diversidad de las poblaciones de moluscos bentónicos del litoral catalán. Miscelánea Zoologica 9: 109-126.
Ros, J. 1978. Distribució en l’espai i en el temps dels opistobranquis iberics, amb especial referencia als del litoral catalá. Butll. Inst. Cat. Hist. Nat., 42 (Sec. Zool., 2): 23-32.
Ros, J. 1975. Opistobranquios (Gastropoda: euthyneura) del litoral ibérico. Investigacion Pesquera. 39: 269–372.
Ros, J., and C. Altimira. 1977. Comunidades bentónicas de sustrato duro del litoral NE español; V Sistemática de moluscos. Miscelánea Zoológica 4 (1): 43-55.
Schmekel, L., and A. Portmann. 1982. Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres, Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. Fauna e Flora del Golfo Napoli. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Trainito, E., and M. Doneddu. 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo, 2a. ed. Il Castello.
Trinchese, S. 1893. Nuove osservazione sulla Placida viridis. Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell´Istituto di Bologna 5: 539-547.
Trinchese, S. 1873. Descrizione di alcuni nuovi Eolididei del Porto di Genova. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell’ Istituto di Bologna, series 3, 4:197-203.
Trinchese, S. 1877. Æolididae e famiglie affini del Porto di Genova. Part 1. Anatomia, fisiologia, embriologia delle Phyllobranchiae, Hermaeidae, Aeolididae, Proctonotidae, Dotonidae del Porto de Genova. Atti della R. Università di Genova. Atlas, pp. 1-94, pls. 1-35.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2018. World Register of Marine Species. World Register of Marine Species. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2020) "Placida viridis" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 11/09/2014, Accessed: 26/02/2020 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/NoXEP)
