Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Lettuce Sea Slug, Lettuce Slug
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Opisthobranchia
()
- Milne-Edwards, 1848
- Suborder:
Sacoglossa
()
- von Ihering, 1876
- Superfamily:
Placobranchoidea
()
- Gray, 1840
- Family:
Placobranchidae
()
- Gray, 1840
- Genus:
Elysia
()
- Risso, 1818
- Specific name:
crispata
- Mørch, 1863
- Scientific name: - Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863
- Specific name:
crispata
- Mørch, 1863
- Genus:
Elysia
(
- Family:
Placobranchidae
(
- Superfamily:
Placobranchoidea
(
- Suborder:
Sacoglossa
(
- Order:
Opisthobranchia
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 23-Sep-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Elysia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. chlorotica (Eastern Emerald Elysia) · E. crispata (Lettuce Sea Slug) · E. hedgpethi (Hedgpeth's Sea Hare) · E. ornata (Ornate Elysia) · E. papillosa (Papillose Elysia) · E. picta (Painted Elysia) · E. serca (Caribbean Seagrass Elysia)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Opisthobranch newsletter. Pismo Beach, Calif. [etc.]S.J. Long. url p. 13.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 237.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 6.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2690664
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-567533
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13733655
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 567533
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 461251
