Felimare fregona

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Felimare fregona
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Dorsal view of Felimare fregona.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. fregona
Binomial name
Felimare fregona
(Ortea & Caballer, 2013) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypselodoris fregona Ortea & Caballer, 2013

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

Contents

Holotype of Hypselodoris fregona, Pointe sur baie de Baille Argent, 16deg15'N 61deg48'W), Guadeloupe, May 12, 2012. Felimare fregona type.jpg
Holotype of Hypselodoris fregona, Pointe sur baie de Baille Argent, 16°15’N 61°48’W), Guadeloupe, May 12, 2012.

Taxonomy

This species was described under the name Hypselodoris fregona from the Caribbean Sea in 2013. [1] Although Johnson & Gosliner transferred all eastern Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Hypselodoris to the genus Felimare in 2012, the authors of this species argue against this decision. [3] [4]

Distribution

This species was described from Pointe sur baie de Baille Argent, Guadeloupe, 16°15′N61°48′W / 16.250°N 61.800°W / 16.250; -61.800 . Distribution of Felimare fregona includes Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Guadeloupe and Panama. [4]

Description

The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending beyond the mantle margin. [4] Background color is white with irregular shades of pale blue and gray. [4] Dorsum is with three longitudinal yellow lines. [4] Mantle margin is edged by an opaque white line with a narrow submarginal band of yellow and a series of black circular spots. [4] Rhinophores are white with a purple longitudinal line up from the base. [4] It is up to 40 mm long. [4]

Ecology

Felimare fregona feeds on a blue sponge. [4]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference [4]

  1. 1 2 Ortea J., Espinosa J., Buske Y. & Caballer M. (2013). "Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea)". Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias25: 163-194. (Dated "December 2013"; distributed November 2013).
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Felimare fregona (Ortea & Caballer, 2013). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888561 on 2020-11-23
  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 One7: e33479. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0033479
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records9(1): 56. doi : 10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
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