Felimare bilineata

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Felimare bilineata
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In Sagres, Portugal
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. bilineata
Binomial name
Felimare bilineata
(Pruvot-Fol, 1953) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Glossodoris bilineataPruvot-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]

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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 (1.6 in). [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

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  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.
  5. Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. (Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.) Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 112
  7. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.