Elysia viridis. 12mm long. Sole translucent pale, tinted greenish by viscera. White surface pigment marks absent. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Elysia viridis. 12mm long. Three views of specimen with parapodial lobes closed, ajar and open. White surface pigment absent except for usual mark on lobe rim. Red cast on head and outer surface of lobes. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Elysia viridis. Unusual pale orange form with faded turquoise flakes, lacking any green. May, 2008. Sublittoral. Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Rokus Groeneveld www.diverosa.com
Elysia viridis. 3mm juvenile with rhinophores starting to grow. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Codium fragile. Tips of fronds showing large cells; each with large amount of chloroplast material worth the effort of piercing by Elysia viridis. ELWS, Dorset. September 2010. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk
Codium fragile. Foodplant of Elysia viridis.ELWS, Dorset. September 2010 Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk
Cladophora rupestris. Magnified strands showing large cells containing chloroplasts which are ingested by Elysia viridis. Shallow rock pool, Yorkshire. July 2008. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk
Cladophora rupestris. Foodplant of Elysia viridis, Limapontia capitata and L. senestra. Shallow rock pool, Yorkshire. July 2008 Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk
Bryopsis plumosa. Coenocytic (=no cellular divisions) so chloroplasts accessible to Elysia viridis and Limapontia capitata with minimum piercing effort. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk
Bryopsis plumosa. Small green feather-like alga (compare size of barnacle in image). Coenocytic (=no cellular divisions) so chloroplasts accessible to Elysia viridis and Limapontia capitata with minimum piercing effort. Menai Strait, Wales. Species Elysia viridis Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith