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Melibe papillosa

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Species of gastropod

Melibe papillosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tethydidae
Genus: Melibe
Species: M. papillosa
Binomial name
Melibe papillosa
(de Filippi, 1867)
Synonyms

Jacunia papillosa de Filippi, 1867

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

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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Taxon identifiers
Melibe papillosa


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