Felimida fentoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimida |
Species: | F. fentoni |
Binomial name | |
Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011)[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Felimida fentoni is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from three specimens collected off Pinellas County, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, 28°10′16″N 83°00′07″W / 28.1710°N 83.00200°W.[3]
Description
Felimida fentoni has a translucent white background colour heavily flecked with dull red-brown and with small yellow spots with orange centres concentrated towards the edge of the mantle. There is a very thin orange-yellow submarginal line around the mantle.[4]
Ecology
The specimens were collected feeding on the sponge Igernella notabilis.
References
- ↑ Valdés Á., Gatdula U., Sheridan N. & Herrera J. (2011) Multi-data set revision of two uncommon species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) from the Gulf of Mexico. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 51-62.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011). Accessed on 2018-12-27.
- ↑ Sheridan, N. (2011) Chromodoris fentoni In: Miller, M. ed. (2015) The Slug Site.
- ↑ "Chromodoris fentoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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