# Melibe

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Melibe
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Melibe.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melibe
> Source revision: 1180139793
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

***Melibe*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of sea [slugs](/source/Slugs), [nudibranchs](/source/Nudibranch), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Tethydidae](/source/Tethydidae).[2]

Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. In contrast, *Melibe* is an active predator which traps fast-moving free-swimming animals such as small crustaceans, using its extendable oral hood. [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718025343/http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?id=781439)

## Species

Species within the genus *Melibe* include 17 valid species:[2]

- *[Melibe arianeae](/source/Melibe_arianeae)* Espinoza, DuPont & Valdés, 2013
- *[Melibe australis](/source/Melibe_australis)* (Angas, 1864)
- *[Melibe bucephala](/source/Melibe_bucephala)* Bergh, 1902
- *[Melibe colemani](/source/Melibe_colemani)* Gosliner & Pola, 2012[3]
- *[Melibe coralophilia](/source/Melibe_coralophilia)* Gosliner & Pola, 2012[3]
- *[Melibe digitata](/source/Melibe_digitata)* Gosliner & V. G. Smith, 2003[4]
- *[Melibe engeli](/source/Melibe_engeli)* Risbec, 1937
- *[Melibe leonina](/source/Melibe_leonina)* (Gould, 1852)
- *[Melibe liltvedi](/source/Melibe_liltvedi)* Gosliner, 1987[5]
- *[Melibe maugeana](/source/Melibe_maugeana)* Burn, 1960
- *[Melibe megaceras](/source/Melibe_megaceras)* Gosliner, 1987[5]
- *[Melibe minuta](/source/Melibe_minuta)* Gosliner & V. G. Smith, 2003[4]
- *[Melibe papillosa](/source/Melibe_papillosa)* (de Filippi, 1867)
- *[Melibe pilosa](/source/Melibe_pilosa)* Pease, 1860
- *[Melibe rosea](/source/Melibe_rosea)* Rang, 1829
- *[Melibe tuberculata](/source/Melibe_tuberculata)* Gosliner & V. G. Smith, 2003[4]
- *[Melibe viridis](/source/Melibe_viridis)* (Kelaart, 1858)

*[Species inquirenda](/source/Species_inquirenda)*:[2]

- *[Melibe capucina](/source/Melibe_capucina)* Bergh, 1875
- *[Melibe lonchocera](/source/Melibe_lonchocera)* (E. von Martens, 1879)
- *[Melibe ocellata](/source/Melibe_ocellata)* Bergh, 1888

## References

1. [Rang](/source/Sander_Rang) (1829). *Man. Moll.*, 129.

1. "*Melibe* Rang, 1829". 2022. 138547. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

1. Gosliner, Terrence M. & Pola, Marta (September 2012). ["Diversification of filter-feeding nudibranchs: two remarkable new species of *Melibe* (Opisthobranchia: Tethyiidae) from the tropical western Pacific"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236268282). *Systematics and Biodiversity*. **10** (3): 333–349. [doi:10.1080/14772000.2012.717551](https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2012.717551). [S2CID 84749808](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:84749808). Retrieved 13 January 2022.

1. Gosliner, Terrence M. & Smith, V. G. (2003). ["Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus *Melibe* (Opistobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/74964). *Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences*. **54**: 302–355. 4th series.

1. Gosliner, Terrence M. (1987). ["Review of the nudibranch genus *Melibe* (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of two new species"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/96992). *The Veliger*. **29**: 400–414.

## Further reading

- Gosliner, T.M. 1987. *Nudibranchs of Southern Africa* ISBN 0-930118-13-8

## External links

- [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/listed_taxa/10510215)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Melibe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melibe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melibe?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.