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Melibe engeli Risbec 1937

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Description

Melibe engeli Risbec, 1937

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Material examined. Seven specimens. MB28-004649, MB28-004650, MHN-YT729, MB28-004651, MB28- 0 0 4652, MB28-004653, MB28-004654, BL, 16 Dec. 2012, 2m, 75–100mm.

Habitats. Subtropical seagrass.

Occurrences. Barra.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii (Gosliner & Smith 2003), New Caledonia (Risbec 1937), Japan, Philippines (Gosliner & Smith 2003), Red Sea (Burghardt &Wägele 2014) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Burghardt & Wägele (2014) followed the growth of M. engeli in a controlled environment noticing changes in the cerata shape and colouration. The specimens examined here are identical to the adult morphotype in Burghardt & Wägele (2014). This is the first record of this species in the western Indian Ocean.

Notes

Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2FF8FFFDB9790FE7EFB71FC04

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1069231 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1069168 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD2FFDAFFD0FF849707FF83FFB7FFC0 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03EB87A2FF8FFFDB9790FE7EFB71FC04 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/137582022 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31260/taxon/03EB87A2FF8FFFDB9790FE7EFB71FC04.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Tethydidae
Genus
Melibe
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Nudibranchia
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Risbec
Species
engeli
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melibe engeli Risbec, 1937 sec. Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2017

References

  • Gosliner, T. M., Smith, V. G., 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. Proceeding of the California Academy of Sciencies, 54, 302 - 355.