Melibe papillosa
Species of gastropod
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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.
| Melibe papillosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Tethydidae |
| Genus: | Melibe |
| Species: | M. papillosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Melibe papillosa (de Filippi, 1867) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Jacunia papillosa de Filippi, 1867 | |
