| Felimida fentoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimida |
| Species: | F. fentoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011) [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Felimida fentoni is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from three specimens collected off Pinellas County, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, 28°10′16″N83°00′07″W / 28.1710°N 83.00200°W . [3]
Felimida fentoni has a translucent white background colour heavily flecked with dull red-brown and with small yellow spots with orange centres concentrated towards the edge of the mantle. There is a very thin orange-yellow submarginal line around the mantle. [4]
The specimens were collected feeding on the sponge Igernella notabilis .
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