Felimare alaini

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Felimare alaini
Felimare alaini.jpg
Holotype of Hypselodoris alaini, Port-Louis, Guadeloupe.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. alaini
Binomial name
Felimare alaini
(Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hypselodoris alaini Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013

Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [1]

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Description

The length of the species attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) depth at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, 16°23.2′N61°31.7′W / 16.3867°N 61.5283°W / 16.3867; -61.5283 and a paratype from Petit Havre, Guadeloupe. It was reported from Saint Martin as Hypselodoris cf. acriba [2] and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Busque, 2013). Accessed on 2018-12-26.
  2. ↑ Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 160.
  3. ↑ Kary, T. W., 2010 (Jun 2) Hypselodoris acriba from Anguilla, BWI (Caribbean). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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