Felimida ruzafai

Felimida ruzafai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. ruzafai
Binomial name
Felimida ruzafai (Ortea, Bacallado, & Valdes, 1992)
Synonyms [1]
Chromodoris ruzafaiOrtea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992 (basionym)

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

Description

The length of the body attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida ruzafai. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597460 on 2012-05-10
2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

• Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 179
• Behrens D.W., Gosliner T.M. & Hermosillo A. (2009) A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revillagigedo Islands of the Mexican Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 60(11): 423-429.
• 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.