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Melibe rosea Rang, 1829 
AphiaID: 225501

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: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

redescription: 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]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English cowled nudibranch  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution South Coast of South Africa [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225501
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 08:02:13Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2011-10-07 23:42:53Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Melibe rosea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225501 on 2013-05-25
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