Felimida socorroensis

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Felimida socorroensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. socorroensis
Binomial name
Felimida socorroensis
(Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chromodoris socorroensis Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009 (basionym)

Felimida socorroensis is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae [2] [3]

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected at Cabo Pierce, Isla Socorro, 18°46′40″N110°54′26″W / 18.77784°N 110.907194°W / 18.77784; -110.907194 , Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Additional specimens included in the original description came from Isla Socorro and Isla San Benedicto. It is an eastern Pacific Ocean endemic. [4]

References

  1. ↑ 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. 4(60), 423-429.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida socorroensis (Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009). Accessed on 2018-12-31.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Behrens, D.W., 2014. Felimida socorroensis. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site.
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