WoRMS taxon details
Melibe pilosa Pease, 1860
221064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221064)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
Description Up to 12 cm long. Variable shades of brown with brown and white blotches, squared cerata, and covered in papillae, the...
Description Up to 12 cm long. Variable shades of brown with brown and white blotches, squared cerata, and covered in papillae, the cerata can be shed readily when disturbed. The animal resembles the vesicles of the brown algae Sargassum. It shows a peculiar feeding habit of using an enlarged oral hood to catch zooplankton. Habitat: careful searching will reveal this nudibranch among seagrass and fucoid seaweeds (e.g. Sargassum) in eulittoral and shallow sublittoral areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melibe pilosa Pease, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221064 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
basis of record Gosliner, T. M.; Smith, V. G. (2003). Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus <i>Melibe</i> (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 4(54): 302-356., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v54/proccas_v54_n18.pdf [details]
basis of record Gosliner, T. M.; Smith, V. G. (2003). Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the nudibranch genus <i>Melibe</i> (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of three new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 4(54): 302-356., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v54/proccas_v54_n18.pdf [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Gosliner T.M. (1987). Review of the nudibranch genus <i>Melibe</i> (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea) with descriptions of two new species. <em>The Veliger.</em> 29(4): 400-414. [1 April 1987]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43061646 [details]
additional source Espinoza E., DuPont A. & Valdés Á. (2013) A tropical Atlantic species of <i>Melibe</i> Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae). <i>ZooKeys</i> 316: 55-66., available online at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/5452/abstract/a-tropical-atlantic-species-of-melibe-rang-1829-mollusca-nudibranchia-tethyiidae-
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Espinoza E., DuPont A. & Valdés Á. (2013) A tropical Atlantic species of <i>Melibe</i> Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae). <i>ZooKeys</i> 316: 55-66., available online at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/5452/abstract/a-tropical-atlantic-species-of-melibe-rang-1829-mollusca-nudibranchia-tethyiidae-
page(s): 56 [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Up to 12 cm long. Variable shades of brown with brown and white blotches, squared cerata, and covered in papillae, the cerata can be shed readily when disturbed. The animal resembles the vesicles of the brown algae Sargassum. It shows a peculiar feeding habit of using an enlarged oral hood to catch zooplankton. Habitat: careful searching will reveal this nudibranch among seagrass and fucoid seaweeds (e.g. Sargassum) in eulittoral and shallow sublittoral areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | クロメリベ | [details] |
