Melibe papillosa

Melibe papillosa is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.[1] This species is yellowish and somewhat translucent. The oral hood, which is large, has flattened hatchet-shaped cerata.[2] It is found in the waters around Japan.

Melibe papillosa
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
Species:
M. papillosa
Binomial name
Melibe papillosa
(de Filippi, 1867)
Synonyms[1]

Jacunia papillosa de Filippi, 1867

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melibe papillosa (de Filippi, 1867)".
  2. Espinoza, E; Dupont, A; Valdés, A (2013). "A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)". ZooKeys (316): 55–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.316.5452. PMC 3713334. PMID 23878514.


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