Felimida macfarlandi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimida |
Species: | F. macfarlandi |
Binomial name | |
Felimida macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901) | |
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Felimida macfarlandi, also called Macfarland's nudibranch is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi. [3] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902. [4] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi. [1]
The body grows to a length of 44 mm. [5] The slug is purple with orange stripes, sometimes has a short tail that looks like a flower, and two ear-like spots on the side of the head.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico.