Greilada elegans
Greilada elegans is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
| Greilada elegans | |
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| A live individual of Greilada elegans from Skomer Marine Nature Reserve, Wales, UK | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Greilada |
| Species: | G. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Greilada elegans | |
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Distribution
This species occurs from southern England and Wales, south along coasts of the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. It is found in the Canary Islands and as far east as Italy in the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
Description
This polycerid nudibranch is translucent orange with large iridescent blue spots. There is a tracery of blue-green iridescence along the pallial margin and on the midribs of the gills.[4]
References
- Bergh R. (1894). Eine gattung von Polyceraden (Greilada). Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 60 (1): 1-6
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-01-17
- Rudman, W.B., 2004 (February 12) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., (2010) Greilada elegans Bergh, 1894. [In] In: Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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