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Elysia catulus (A. A. Gould, 1870)

160278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160278)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Tectipleura
  8. Sacoglossa
  9. Plakobranchoidea
  10. Plakobranchidae
  11. Elysia
  12. Elysia catulus
accepted
Species
Elysia Risso, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Gould, A. A. (1870). <i>Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts</i>. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 256, pl. 17, figs 249, 250. [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia catulus (A. Gould, 1870). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160278 on 2026-09-10
NARMS (2026). Elysia catulus (A. A. Gould, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160278 on 2026-09-10
Date
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by
2005-05-31 07:34:34Z
created
Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2021-07-30 07:45:43Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2023-10-01 01:40:18Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

original description (of ) Gould, A. A. (1870). <i>Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts</i>. Second edition, comprising the Mollusca. Edited by W.G. Binney. Wright and Potter, Boston, v + 524 pp., pls. 16–27. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10897088
page(s): 256, pl. 17, figs 249, 250. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Marcus, Ev. (1980). Review of Western Atlantic Elysiidae (Opisthobranchia Ascoglossa) with a description of a new <i>Elysia</i> species. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 30 (1): 54-79., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/umrsmas/bullmar/1980/00000030/00000001/art00006
page(s): 65, figs 7, 8, 27, 30-32, 47 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elysia catulus) 
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 095622) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed