Melibe papillosa

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

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.

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Melibe papillosa (de Filippi, 1867)".
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.

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. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 54(18): 302-356.

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[marinespecies.org-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.