Felimare kempfi

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Felimare kempfi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. kempfi
Binomial name
Felimare kempfi
(Ev. Marcus, 1971) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chromodoris kempfi Ev. Marcus, 1971 (Basionym)
  • Mexichromis kempfi (Ev. Marcus, 1971)

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

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Taxonomy

This species has previously been placed in the genera Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 and Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. [3] [4] It was recently transferred to Felimare by Johnson & Gosliner in 2012. [5] [4]

Distribution

Distribution of Felimare kempfi includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Panama. [4] [6]

Description

The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending slightly beyond the mantle margin. [4] Background color is bright blue with a thick yellow line around the mantle margin. [4] There is a central white line and a series of large black and white spots extend down the dorsum. [4] Rhinophores and gills are blue, branchial leaves are with black rachises. [4] It is up to 20 mm long. [4] [7]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 6 m. [8] Maximum recorded depth is 37 m. [8]

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References

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

  1. ↑ Marcus Ev. du B.-R. (1971 ["1970"]). "Opisthobranchs from northern Brazil". Bulletin of Marine Science20: 922-951. [Stated date: Dec. 1970; true date: 28 Jan. 1971]
  2. 1 2 Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597528 on 2012-02-25
  3. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 208
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN   1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
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