🦋 Family

Tethydidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Nudibranchia › Tethydidae

Melibe leonina is a translucent nudibranch found from Alaska to Baja California, notable for ceratal autotomy.

Melibe viridis is a distinctive nudibranch with cerata gills, found in warm shallow sandy or muddy habitats across several oceans and seas.

Melibe colemani is a rare translucent nudibranch found in the Southeast Asian Coral Triangle, nicknamed the holy grail of nudibranchs.

Tethys fimbria is a nudibrinch found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic that preys on small crustaceans.

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