Felimare cantabrica

Felimare cantabrica is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Felimare cantabrica
Felimare cantabrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. cantabrica
Binomial name
Felimare cantabrica
(Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hypselodoris cantabrica Bouchet & Ortea, 1980 (basionym)

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) and the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal.[4]

Description

Felimare cantabrica has a light and dark blue body, flecked with yellow lines and spots. Its mantle edge is lined with yellow-light blue-yellow banding. The gills and rhinophores are purple.[5][6]

This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidea.[7]

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. & Ortea, J. (1980) Quelques Chromodorididae bleus (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchiata) de l'Atlantique oriental. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique, Paris, 56(2): 117-125.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare cantabrica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11
  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. Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165 page(s): 104
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 19) Hypselodoris cantabrica Bouchet & Ortea, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 113
  7. Poddubetskaia, M., 2004 (Dec 24) Hypselodoris cantabrica feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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