Felimare alaini

Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Felimare alaini
Holotype of Hypselodoris alaini, Port-Louis, Guadeloupe.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. alaini
Binomial name
Felimare alaini
(Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hypselodoris alaini Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) depth at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, 16°23.2′N 61°31.7′W and a paratype from Petit Havre, Guadeloupe. It was reported from Saint Martin as Hypselodoris cf. acriba[3] and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba.[4]

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References
  1. Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J.; Buske, Y.; Caballer, M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 25: 163-194.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Busque, 2013). Accessed on 2018-12-26.
  3. Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 160.
  4. Kary, T. W., 2010 (Jun 2) Hypselodoris acriba from Anguilla, BWI (Caribbean). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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