Melibe viridis | |
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Melibe viridis, anterior end at the front with the large rounded oral hood | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Tethydidae |
Genus: | Melibe |
Species: | M. viridis
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Binomial name | |
Melibe viridis (Kelaart, 1858)
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Synonyms[3] | |
Melibe viridis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.[4]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Andaman Sea off Phuket, off Mozambique and off Indonesia.
The body reaches a length of 140 mm. Like some other nudibranch species, M. viridis has an oral veil that it uses to trap prey.[5][6][7]