Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Dendronotoidea > Family Tethydidae

Melibe Rang, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melibaea*		orthographic variant
*Meliboea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Propemelibe*	J. K. Allan, 1932	synonym

Children

Melibe japonica Eliot, 1913
Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メリベウミウシ属

Literature

original description	Rang, S. (1829). Manuel de l'histoire naturelle des mollusques et de leurs coquilles, ayant pour base de classification celle de M. le baron Cuvier. Paris: Roret. iv + 390 pp., 8 pls. Paris, 1829. (330-361).
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): 302-356.
additional source	Espinoza E., DuPont A. & Valdés Á. (2013) A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae). ZooKeys 316: 55-66.
redescription	Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2012). Diversification of filter-feeding nudibranchs: two remarkable new species of Melibe (Opisthobranchia: Tethyiidae) from the tropical western Pacific. Systematics and Biodiversity. 10(3): 333-349.
taxonomy 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].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melibe Rang, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138547