Melibe
| Melibe | |
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| 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 |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Tethydidae |
| Genus: | Melibe Rang, 1829[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 16 valid species and 3 doubtful species | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.
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:
References
- ↑ Rang (1829). Man. Moll., 129.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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.
- ↑ 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
- Gosliner T.M. (1987) Review of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 29(4): 400-414
- Gosliner T. & Pola M. (2012) Diversification of filter-feeding nudibranchs: two remarkable new species of Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Tethyiidae) from the tropical western Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity 10(3): 333-349.
Further reading
- Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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