Melibe papillosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tethydidae |
Genus: | Melibe |
Species: | M. papillosa
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Binomial name | |
Melibe papillosa (de Filippi, 1867)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Jacunia papillosa de Filippi, 1867 |
Melibe papillosa is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.[1] This species is yellowish and somewhat translucent. The oral hood, which is large, has flattened hatchet-shaped cerata.[2] It is found in the waters around Japan.