Felimare tema

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Felimare tema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. tema
Binomial name
Felimare tema
(Edmunds, 1981) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Hypselodoris tema Edmunds, 1981
  • Hypselodoris picta temaEdmunds, 1981

Felimare tema 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 three specimens measuring 65–90 mm (2.6–3.5 in) collected near Tema, Ghana in depths of 55–0 m (180–0 ft). It has been reported from Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde. [3]

Description

Felimare tema is similar in appearance to Felimare picta but with a dark blackish green background colour and with a broad orange border to the mantle, interrupted by violet areas. [3] DNA evidence shows it is clearly a distinct species from Felimare picta, but probably synonymous with Felimare verdensis . [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Edmunds, M. (1981). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Chromodorididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 72: 175-201. page(s): 189-192; figs 7-8, 12C,D
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981). Accessed on 2018-12-28.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Hypselodoris picta tema Edmunds, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 8) Hypselodoris picta verdensis Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Furfaro, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M.; Mariottini, P. (2016). "A DNA-barcoding approach to the phenotypic diversity of Mediterranean species of Felimare Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with a preliminary phylogenetic analysis". Italian Journal of Zoology. 83 (2): 195–207. doi: 10.1080/11250003.2016.1150525 . hdl: 11573/1050531 . S2CID   87995441.
  6. ↑ Almada, Frederico; Levy, André; Robalo, Joana I. (2016). "Not so sluggish: The success of the Felimare picta complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) crossing Atlantic biogeographic barriers". PeerJ. 4 e1561. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1561 . PMC   4730986 . PMID   26823995.
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