Elysia viridis   (Montagu, 1804)

Green Elysia
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Elysia viridis

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Not assigned | Plakobranchidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 124808).  Subtropical; 12°C - 27°C (Ref. 124808); 61°N - 36°S, 30°W - 36°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean: South Africa and Northern Europe.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 125088)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits the intertidal rock pools (Refs. 124797, 124805). Found in sublittoral unconsolidated bottoms, composed equally of very coarse sand, gravel and differently sized pebbles (Ref. 124808). Found on algal hosts such as Bryopsis, Halimeda (Ref. 866), Codium, Cladophora, and Chaetomorpha spp. (Refs. 124807, 125088). Feeds upon several species of siphonaceous green algae, especially Codium fragile and Codium stephensiae (Ref. 866). Also lives and feeds on photophilic algae ( and Flabellia petiolata) and where it is extremely cryptic. It is capable of biosynthesizing de novo secondary metabolites of the polypropionates type with a defensive mission(Ref. 124792). This species has cold affinity (Ref. 124808).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Gosliner, T. 1987. (Ref. 866)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.