Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 96

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scientific name	Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
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Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858) View in CoL

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Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004481, MB28-004482, MHN-YT207, 11 Feb. 2012, BL, 3m, all approx. 80mm; MB28-004517, BL, 29 Feb. 2012, 3m, 75mm; MB28-004518, BL, 29 Feb. 2012, 3m, 50mm, collected by S. Bruck.

Habitats. Seagrass in the subtropical region.

Occurrences. Barra.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan ( Baba 1949), Australia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Philippines ( Gosliner & Smith 2003), Tanzania ( Eliot 1902) and Mozambique ( Gosliner & Smith 2003; Gosliner & Pola 2012).

References

Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 149 pp.

Eliot, C. N. E. (1902 a) On some nudibranchs from Zanzibar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 72 (3), 62 - 79.

Gosliner, T. M., Smith, V. G., Gosliner, T. M. & Smith, V. G. (2003) Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species. Proceeding of the California Academy of Sciencies, 54, 302 - 355.

Pola, M., Camacho-Garcia, Y. E. & Gosliner, T. M. (2012) Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: The evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 165, 311 - 336. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2012.00816. x

Figures

FIGURE 30. A, Bornella valdae (MB28-004695). B, Crosslandia sp. (MB28-004406). C, Notobryon wardi (MB28-004668). D, Scyllaea fulva (MB28-004755). E, Melibe engeli (MB28-004654). F, Melibe papillosa (MB28-004725). G, Melibe viridis (MB28-004517). H, Lomanotus sp. 1 (MB28-004708). I, Flabellina bicolor (MB28-004465). J, Flabellina bilas (ZMBN105571).K, Flabellina exoptata (MB28-004981). L, Flabellina rubrolineata (ZMBN105609).