Felimare aurantimaculata

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Felimare aurantimaculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. aurantimaculata
Binomial name
Felimare aurantimaculata
Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was described from a specimen measuring 30 mm (1.2 in) collected at Tarrafal, Cape Verde, 15°16′41″N23°45′07″W / 15.278°N 23.752°W / 15.278; -23.752 in 2009 and a paratype specimen 50 mm (2.0 in) long, from 23 m (75 ft) depth at the same locality in 2011. [1]

Description

Felimare aurantimaculata is similar to some specimens of Felimare picta . It is dark blue in colour with slightly raised round orange spots all over the mantle and foot. At the edge of the mantle a series of white glands are visible as raised swellings. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ortigosa D., Pola M. & Cervera J.L. (2017). A new Felimare (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) of the Atlantic blue chromodorid chromatic group from Cape Verde. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 387-394.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare aurantimaculata Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-27.