WoRMS taxon details
Melibe pilosa Pease, 1860
AphiaID: 221064
AphiaID: 221064
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Dendronotida (Infraorder) > Tritonioidea (Superfamily) > Tethydidae (Family) > Melibe (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Melibe Rang, 1829 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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. [31 July 2003], available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v54/proccas_v54_n18.pdf [details] additional source: Gosliner T.M. (1987) Review of the nudibranch genus Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of two new species. The Veliger 29(4): 400-414. [1 April 1987] [details] additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] identification resource: Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W. & Valdés A. (2008) Indo-Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences. 426 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Up to 12 cm long. Variable shades of brown with brown and white blotches, squared cerata, and covered in papillae, the cerata can be shed readily when disturbed. The animal resembles the vesicles of the brown algae Sargassum. It shows a peculiar feeding habit of using an enlarged oral hood to catch zooplankton. Habitat: careful searching will reveal this nudibranch among seagrass and fucoid seaweeds (e.g. Sargassum) in eulittoral and shallow sublittoral areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221064 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Melibe pilosa Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221064 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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