Felimare sechurana

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Felimare sechurana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. sechurana
Binomial name
Felimare sechurana
Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017 [1]

Felimare sechurana 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 holotype collected at Isla Foca ( 5°12′13.8″S81°12′38.0″W / 5.203833°S 81.210556°W / -5.203833; -81.210556 ), Piura, Peru on 25 March 2013 (length 18 mm (0.71 in) preserved) and four paratypes with the largest measuring 40 mm (1.6 in) from the same locality. [1]

Description

This species was previously identified as Felimare ghiselini, a synonym of Felimare californiensis . It is dark blue in colour densely covered with orange spots on the mantle and foot and with pale blue-white spots scattered between the orange spots or merging at the mantle and foot edges. It reaches 64 mm (2.5 in) in length. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoover C.A., Padula V., Schrödl M., Hooker Y. & Valdés Á. (2017). Integrative taxonomy of the Felimare californiensis and F. ghiselini species complex (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with description of a new species from Peru. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83(4): 461-475.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare sechurana Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-30.
  3. Hoover, C., 2017 Felimare sechurana. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site, accessed 2018-12-31.