Biology:Melibe viridis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Melibe viridis
Melibe mirifica.jpg
Melibe viridis, anterior end at the front with the large rounded oral hood
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe
Species:
M. viridis
Binomial name
Melibe viridis
(Kelaart, 1858)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock, 1864
  • Melibe rangi Bergh, 1875
  • Melibe vexillifera Bergh, 1880
  • Propomelibe mirifica Allan, 1932[1]
  • Melibe mirifica Allan, 1932
  • Melibe japonica Eliot, 1913[2]
  • Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock, 1864

Melibe viridis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Andaman Sea off Phuket, off Mozambique and off Indonesia.

Description

Melibe viridis with extended oral veil

The body reaches a length of 140 mm. Like some other nudibranch species, M. viridis has an oral veil that it uses to trap prey.[5][6][7]

References

  1. Allan J. K. (1932). "A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia". Records of the Australian Museum 18(6): 314–320.
  2. Eliot C. N. E. (1913). "Japanese nudibranchs". Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imp. University, 35: 1–47. Plates 1-2.
  3. 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.
  4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181237. 
  5. Wyeth, Russell C.; Willows, A. O. Dennis (April 2006). "Field Behavior of the Nudibranch Mollusc Tritonia diomedea" (in en). The Biological Bulletin 210 (2): 81–96. doi:10.2307/4134598. ISSN 0006-3185. PMID 16641514. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.2307/4134598. 
  6. "nudibranch with large cerata and hood veil and papillae or low conical tubercle". http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_melibe_viridis.htm. 
  7. Rudman, W. B. (2010-07-15). "The Sea Slug Forum - Melibe viridis" (in en). Australian Museum. http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/meliviri. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3020287 entry