Elysia maoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plakobranchoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Sacoglossa Superfamilia: Plakobranchoidea

Familia: Plakobranchidae
Genus: Elysia
Species: Elysia maoria

Name

• Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
  • Authority for current placement: original
  • Original combination/spelling: Elysia maoria
  • Original genus: Elysia Risso, 1818
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'Length, 22 mm'
    • Repository: AMNZ
  • Type locality: unclear from original description

References

Primary references

• Powell, A.W.B. 1937. New species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from Auckland waters. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2(2): 119–124, plate 30. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 121, and figs. 1, 6, plate 30, fig. 5]

Additional references

• Reid, J.D. 1964: The reproduction of the sacoglossan opisthobranch Elysia maoria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 143(3): 365–393. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1964.tb03869.x
• Trowbridge, C.D. 1995: New Zealand opisthobranchs associated with the low intertidal, crustose green alga Codium convolutum: ascoglossans "down under". Veliger, 38: 116–125.
• Sacoglossan gastropod molluscs from eastern Australia.
• The shellfish of New Zealand.

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Elysia maoria – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elysia maoria.
• ION
• Sea Slug Forum
• ZooBank