Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Dexiarchia > Infraorder Dendronotida > Superfamily Tritonioidea > Family Tethydidae

Melibe Rang, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melibaea*		orthographic variant
*Meliboea*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Melibaea*		synonym
*Meliboea*	[sic]	synonym

Children

Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)

Literature

original description	Rang P.C. (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 pp. 390. (due volumi di cui un Atlante con 8 pl.):
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]
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. & 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. [September 2012]
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]

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Citation

Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Melibe Rang, 1829. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138547