Felimare orsinii

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Felimare orsinii
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East of Marseille, France
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. orsinii
Binomial name
Felimare orsinii
(Verany, 1846) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chromodoris orsinii(Vérany, 1846)
  • Doris orsiniiVérany, 1846 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris coelestis(Deshayes in Fredol, 1865)
  • Glossodoris orsinii(Vérany, 1846)
  • Goniodoris coelestisDeshayes in Fredol, 1865
  • Hypselodoris coelestis(Deshayes in Fredol, 1865)
  • Hypselodoris orsinii(Vérany, 1846)

Felimare orsinii is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

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Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Animals from the Eastern Mediterranean apparently lack the yellow colour in the submarginal line, but are considered to be the same species. [3]

Description

Felimare orsinii is one of a group of Felimare species from the Mediterranean Sea which are all quite similar. This species can be distinguished from the others by the entirely blue gills and rhinophores and the small raised tubercles on the back. There is a single median white line which is slightly edged with blue and a line at the edge of the mantle which is white except at the sides where it grades into yellow. The body reaches a length of 20 mm. [4] This species eats the sponge Scalarispongia scalaris . [3] [5] Previously known as Hypselodoris orsinii all Atlantic species of Hypselodoris were shown to belong to a separate clade and were transferred to the genus Felimare in 2012. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Verany, G. B. 1846. Descrizione di Genova e del Genovesato 1(2): Regno Animale Molluschi, pp. 90- 110, pls. 2-4.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare orsinii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (June 5) Hypselodoris orsinii (Verany, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 113
  6. ↑ 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


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