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 > Genus Melibe

Melibe japonica Eliot, 1913

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melibe*	Rang, 1829	accepted genus name
*Melibaea*		orthographic variant
*Meliboea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Propemelibe*	J. K. Allan, 1932	synonym

Species group names

*Melibe mirifica*	(J. K. Allan, 1932)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤマトメリベ

Literature

original description	Eliot, C. N. E. (1913). Japanese nudibranchs. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University Tokyo. 35: 1-47.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
redescription	Nakano, R.; Tokuda, G.; Yorifuji, M. (2024). Redescription of Melibe japonica (Nudibranchia: Dendronotoidea: Tethydidae) and its phylogenetic relationship in the genus. Molluscan Research. 44(3): 267-277.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melibe japonica Eliot, 1913. 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:593363