Felimare amalguae

Felimare amalguae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimare
Species:	F. amalguae
Binomial name
Felimare amalguae (Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Mexichromis amalguae Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988 (basionym)

Felimare amalguae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species was described from Isla Cedros, Mexico, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 28°10′N115°15′W / 28.167°N 115.250°W / 28.167; -115.250 and nearby San Benito. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Gosliner, T. M.; Bertsch, H. (1988). A new species of Mexichromis (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the eastern Pacific. Veliger. 31(1-2):127-134.
2. Caballer, M. (2011). Felimare amalguae (Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 May 2012
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. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 84.
5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 207