Species Melibe viridis Kelaart, 1858

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• Meliboea viridis Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139 [112-113] [original spelling].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sri lanka as Ceylon.
• Melibe fimbriata Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1864. Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot, Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5(3): 113–147 [138-139].
• Propemelibe mirifica Allan, J.K. 1932. A new genus and species of sea-slug and two new species of sea-hares from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 18(6): 314-320 [314-317].
• Melibe japonica Eliot, C.N.E. 1913. Japanese nudibranchs. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 35: 1-47.
• Melibe rangi Bergh, L.S.R. 1875. Malacologische Untersuchungen. pp. in Semper, C.G. (ed). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Theil 1. Wiesbaden, Germany : C.W. Kreidel Vol. Heft 9 345-376, pls 45-49.
• Melibe vexillifera Bergh, L.S.R. 1880. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 30: 155-200.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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): 302-356
• Gosliner, T.M. & 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

Generic Combinations

• Melibe mirifica (Allan, 1932).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [176] (as Melibe fimbriata Alder & Hancock, 1864 & as Melibe mirifica (Allan, 1932))

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [174] (as Melibe mirifica (Allan, 1932))

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