Melibe japonica
Amazing fact
The Yamato melibe traps small crustaceans in its bag-like mouth, then shrinks the bag to take them in.
沖縄美ら海水族館
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The Yamato melibe traps small crustaceans in its bag-like mouth, then shrinks the bag to take them in.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Melibe japonica
- Scientific name
- Melibe japonica
- Japanese name
- ヤマトメリベ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Tethydidae
- Genus
- Melibe
How the Melibe japonica lives
Around Honshu, it is sometimes seen at the sea surface in spring. It can move by crawling along the bottom. It can also swim by wriggling its body.
沖縄美ら海水族館Basic data
- Range
- Waters around Japan
Where the Melibe japonica has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ヤマトメリベ
- 简体中文
- 日本巨幕
- 繁體中文
- 日本巨幕
- Français
- Mélibée magnifique
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ヤマトメリベChecked: 2026-11-04
- 沖縄美ら海水族館 — ヤマトメリベChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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