Felimare malacitana
| Felimare malacitana | |
|---|---|
| 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. malacitana |
| Binomial name | |
| Felimare malacitana Luque, 1986[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypselodoris malacitana Luque, 1986 (original combination) | |
Hypselodoris malacitana is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from the Mediterranean near Spain.
Description
Hypselodoris malacitana has a dark blue-black body and is covered in yellow specks. The mantle edge has bands of blue-yellow-black-yellow-blues lines. The gills and rhinophores are opaque light-blue lined with fine yellow.
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 millimetres (0.79 in).[1]
References
- 1 2
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Felimare malacitana (Luque, 1986). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597829 on 2015-11-18
- Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
- 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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