Melibe

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Melibe
Melibe viridis, anterior end at the front with the large rounded oral hood
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida

Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe
Rang, 1829[1]
Diversity[2]
16 valid species and 3 doubtful species
Synonyms[2]
  • Chiroraera Gould, 1852
  • Jacunia Filippi, 1867
  • Melibaea Angas, 1864
  • Meliboea Kelaart, 1858
  • Propomelibe Allan, 1932

Melibe is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae.[3]

Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. In contrast, Melibe is an active predator which traps fast-moving free-swimming animals such as small crustaceans, using its extendable oral hood.

Melibe leonina

Species

Species within the genus Melibe include 16 valid species and 3 doubtful species:[2]

  • Melibe australis Angas, 1864[2]
  • Melibe bucephala Bergh, 1902[2]
  • Melibe colemani Gosliner & Pola, 2012
  • Melibe coralophilia Gosliner & Pola, 2012
  • Melibe digitata Gosliner & Smith, 2003[2]
  • Melibe engeli Risbec, 1937[2]
  • Melibe leonina (Gould, 1852)[2]
  • Melibe liltvedi Gosliner, 1987[2]
  • Melibe maugeana Burn, 1960[2]
  • Melibe megaceras Gosliner, 1987[2]
  • Melibe minuta Gosliner & Smith, 2003[2]
  • Melibe papillosa (de Filippi, 1867)[2]
  • Melibe pilosa Pease, 1860[2]
  • Melibe rosea Rang, 1829 - type species[2]
  • Melibe tuberculata Gosliner & Smith, 2003[2]
  • Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858) - synonym: Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock, 1864; Melibe vexillifera Bergh, 1880; Propomelibe mirifica Allan, 1932; Melibe mirifica (Allan, 1932); ? Melibe japonica Eliot, 1913[2]

doubtful species:

  • Melibe capucina Bergh, 1875[2]
  • Melibe ocellata Bergh, 1888[2]
  • Melibe rangi Bergh, 1875[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rang (1829). Man. Moll., 129.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Gosliner T. M. & Smith V. G. (2003). "Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opistobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 302-355. PDF.
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Melibe Rang, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138547 on 2012-10-12

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