Felimida macfarlandi

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Felimida macfarlandi
Chromodoris macfarlandi.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. macfarlandi
Binomial name
Felimida macfarlandi
(Cockerell, 1901)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chromodoris mcfarlandiCockerell, 1901
  • Glossodoris macfarlandi(Cockerell, 1901)

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]

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Taxonomy

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]

Description

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida macfarlandi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597451 on 2012-05-09
  2. "InvertEBase - Felimida macfarlandi". www.invertebase.org. Retrieved 2025-05-18.
  3. T. D. A. COCKERELL (November 1901). "Pigments of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Nature . 65 (1674): 79–80. doi:10.1038/065079C0. ISSN   1476-4687. Wikidata   Q64326735.
  4. , Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison) Cockerell (1902), Three new species of Chromodoris, vol. 16, pp. 19–21, Wikidata   Q109607334
  5. "Felimida macfarlandi". Reef Life Survey | Reef Species of the World. Retrieved 2025-05-18.