Felimida baumanni

Felimida baumanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. baumanni
Binomial name
Felimida baumanni
(Bertsch, 1970)
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris baumanni (Bertsch, 1970)

Felimida baumanni is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This species was first described from Isla San Francisco, Baja California. It is reported from southern Mexico, Central America and the Galapagos Islands.

Description

The mantle of Felimida baumanni is white with small red spots and a broken band of orange near the edge.

References

  1. ↑ Bertsch, H. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Isla San Francisco, Gulf of California, with the description of a new species. Contributions in Science, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2:1-16.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida baumanni (Bertsch, 1970). Accessed on 2018-12-25.
  3. ↑ Bertsch, H. (1978). The Chromodoridinae Nudibranchs from the Pacific Coast of America – Part II. The genus Chromodoris. The Veliger, 20 (4): 307-327.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (October 13) Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173. page(s): 167
  6. ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 197
  7. ↑ 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.