Felimare cantabrica
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| Felimare cantabrica | |
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| Felimare cantabrica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. cantabrica |
| Binomial name | |
| Felimare cantabrica (Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hypselodoris cantabrica Bouchet & Ortea, 1980 (basionym) | |
Felimare cantabrica is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) and the Mediterranean (Spain).
Description
Felimare cantabrica has a light and dark blue body, flecked with yellow lines and spots. Its mantle edge is lined with yellow-light blue-yellow banding. The gills and rhinophores are purple.
This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidea.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare cantabrica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597543 on 2012-05-11
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12745
- Bouchet, P. & Ortea, J. (1980) Quelques Chromodorididae bleus (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchiata) de l'Atlantique oriental. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique, Paris, 56(2): 117-125.
- Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165 page(s): 104
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 113
- Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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