Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia Gray, J.E., 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Dexiarchia Schrödl, Wägele & Willan,
2001
Infraorder: Dendronotida Odhner, 1934
Superfamily: Tritonioidea Lamarck, 1809
Family: Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus: Melibe Rang, 1829
Species: Melibe viridis Kelaart, 1858 |
The specimens from the Mediterranean Sea were originally posted at these
websites as
Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock,
1864,
I changed it into Melibe viridis
Kelaart, 1858, because of Bill Rumans Seaslug
Forum,
then I realized that the Seaslug Forum had the
Melibe
from the Mediterranean Sea as
Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock,
1864, so I changed the sites back again,
I checked on 11 October 2012 CLEMAM
and realized that Gosliner & Smith, 2003
had formally synonymized Melibe fimbriata
with Melibe viridis
Reference:
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
54(18): 302-355.
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formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA |
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