Felimare bilineata

Felimare bilineata
The nudibranch Felimare bilineata, Sagres, Portugal.
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. bilineata
Binomial name
Felimare bilineata
(Pruvot-Fol, 1953)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Glossodoris bilineata Pruvot-Fol, 1953 (basionym)
  • Hypselodoris bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)

Felimare bilineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Subspecies


Felimare bilineata

Distribution

This nudibranch is known from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean (from Portugal to Ghana) and the Western Mediterranean.[4]


Description

Felimare bilineata has a blue body with an orange-lined mantle. The upper dorsum and body have one or two orange longitudinal lines running down the length of the animal. The gills and rhinophores are black, edged with orange. There are two lines at the base of the outer side of each gill, converging at the tip. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm.[4]

References

  1. Pruvot-Fol, A. (1953) Etude de quelques opisthobranches de la cote Atlantique du Maroc et du Senegal. Travaux de l'Institute Scientifique Cherifien, Zoologie, 5: 1-105. (Pls. 1-3)
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare bilineata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11
  3. 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
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 4) Hypselodoris bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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