Diaphoreolis viridis

Diaphoreolis viridis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Diaphoreolis viridis
The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Diaphoreolis
Species:	D. viridis
Binomial name
Diaphoreolis viridis (Forbes, 1840)[1]
Synonyms
Montagua viridis Forbes, 1840 Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840) Trinchesia viridis (Forbes, 1840)

Distribution

This species was described from Ballaugh, Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.^[3] It has been reported in the northeast Atlantic, from Greenland and Iceland south to Roscoff, France.^[4]

Description

The maximum recorded length is 19 mm.^[5]

Ecology

Feeds on the hydroids Sertularella spp. especially Sertularella rugosa. Found in shallow exposed and semi-sheltered rocky areas to 100 m depth.^[6] Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.^[5] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.^[5]