Melibe is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae.
Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. In contrast, Melibe is an active predator which traps fast-moving free-swimming animals such as small crustaceans, using its extendable oral hood.
Species Species within the genus Melibe include 17 valid species:
Species inquirenda: Melibe capucina Bergh, 1875 Melibe lonchocera (E. von Martens, 1879) Melibe ocellata Bergh, 1888
References
Further reading Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
External links iNaturalist