Elysia viridis Green elysia, Plant-sucking nudibranch

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lexID:

3310 

AphiaID:

139686 

Scientific:

Elysia viridis 

German:

Grüne Samtschnecke 

English:

Green Elysia, Plant-sucking Nudibranch 

Category:

Sacoglossa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchidae (Family) > Elysia (Genus) > viridis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Montagu, ), 1804 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South-Africa, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

up to 1.57" (4 cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 71.6 °F (4°C - 22°C) 

Food:

Algae, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L) 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Elysia abei
• Elysia amakusana
• 
  Elysia arena
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia asbecki
  Saftsauger
• Elysia atroviridis
• Elysia australis
• Elysia babai
• Elysia bangtawaensis
• Elysia bella
• Elysia bengalensis
• Elysia bennettae
• Elysia brycei
• Elysia buonoi
• Elysia canguzua
• Elysia catulus
• Elysia chilkensis
• Elysia chlorotica
• Elysia christinae
• Elysia coodgeensis
• 
  Elysia cornigera
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia crispata
  Blumenkohl-Sackzungenschnecke
• Elysia deborahae
• 
  Elysia degeneri
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia diomedea
  Rüschen-Elysia
• Elysia ellenae
• Elysia entredosaguas
• 
  Elysia evelinae
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia expansa
  Schwarzrand-Elysia, Saftsauger
• Elysia filicauda
• 
  Elysia flava
  Saftsauger
• Elysia flavipunctata
• Elysia flavomacula
• 
  Elysia furvacauda
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia gordanae
  Saftsauger
• Elysia grandis
• Elysia haingsisiana
• Elysia hamanni
• Elysia hamatanii
• 
  Elysia hedgpethi
  Saftsauger
• Elysia hendersoni
• Elysia hetta
• Elysia hirasei
• Elysia japonica
• Elysia jibacoaensis
• Elysia kushimotoensis
• Elysia leucolegnote
• 
  Elysia lobata
  Saftsauger
• Elysia macnaei
• Elysia manriquei
• 
  Elysia maoria
  Saftsauger
• Elysia marcusi
• Elysia margaritae
• 
  Elysia mercieri
  Saftsauger
• Elysia minima
• 
  Elysia nealae
  Saftsauger
• Elysia nigrocapitata
• 
  Elysia nigropunctata
  Saftsauger
• Elysia nisbeti
• 
  Elysia obtusa
  Saftsauger
• Elysia oerstedii
• Elysia orientalis
• 
  Elysia ornata
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia papillosa
  Saftsauger
• Elysia patagonica
• Elysia patina
• Elysia pawliki
• Elysia pilosa
• Elysia pratensis
• Elysia punctata
• 
  Elysia pusilla
  Halimeda Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia rufescens
  Saftsauger
• Elysia serca
• Elysia siamensis
• Elysia singaporensis
• Elysia slimora
• Elysia stylifera
• Elysia subornata
• Elysia sugashimae
• Elysia taino
• 
  Elysia thompsoni
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia timida
  Hüpfende Samtschnecke
• Elysia tokarensis
• 
  Elysia tomentosa
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia translucens
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia trilobata
  Saftsauger
• Elysia trisinuata
• Elysia velutinus
• 
  Elysia verrucosa
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia viridis
  Grüne Samtschnecke
• Elysia vreelandae
• 
  Elysia yaeyamana
  Saftsauger
• Elysia zemi
• Elysia zuleicae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Elysia - Diverse
  Elysia Schnecken - unbestimmt Arten
• 
  Elysia cf. ornata
  Saftsauger
• 
  Elysia marginata
  Dunkel-Rand Saftsauger, Dekor-Saftsauger

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-08-30 14:34:59 

Last edit:

2017-01-22 20:30:56 

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