Felimare lapislazuli

Felimare lapislazuli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. lapislazuli
Binomial name
Felimare lapislazuli
(Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Hypselodoris lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)
  • Thorunna lapislazuli Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974 (basionym)

Felimare lapislazuli is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from the Galapagos Islands.

Description

Felimare lapislazuli has a black body covered in yellow and blue spots and a white mantle edge. The gills are white and the rhinophores exhibit the same pattern as the body. This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm (2.0 in).

References

  1. ↑ Bertsch, H. and Ferreira, A. J. (1974) Four new species of nudibranchs from tropical west America. The Veliger 16: 343-353.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974). Accessed on 2019-01-04.
  3. ↑ Bertsch, H. (1978) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.--Part IV. The genus Hypselodoris. The Veliger 21: 236-250.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) Hypselodoris lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971). [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): 108