Felimida ponga

Felimida ponga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. ponga
Binomial name
Felimida ponga (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970)
Synonyms [1]
Chromodoris pongaEr. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 (basionym)

Felimida ponga is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm. ^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. ^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m. ^[3]

References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Chromodoris ponga Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532610 on 2012-02-25
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida ponga. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597455 on 2012-05-09
3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

External links

• Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479