Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817 - Suborder: Cladobranchia

Family: Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815

Melibe viridis Kelaarth, 1858

Specie introdotta nel Mediterraneo, di grandi dimensioni. Ormai diffusa lungo tutta la costa salentina. Le ultime due foto ritraggono un dettaglio della bocca di questo nudibranco ed il tipico nastro ovigero.

Large species introduced into the Mediterranean. Now widespread throughout the Salento coast. The last two photos show a detail of the mouth of this nudibranch and the typical eggs

 
 

Bibliography

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171