Felimida macfarlandi

Felimida macfarlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. macfarlandi
Binomial name
	Felimida macfarlandi; (Cockerell, 1902)
Synonyms
	Chromodoris mcfarlandi Cockerell, T.D.A., 1902 (emended); Chromodoris macfarlandi Cockerell, 1901 (basionym);

Felimida macfarlandi is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. It is also known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.^[1]

Description

The body grows to a length of 44 mm.

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida macfarlandi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597451 on 2012-05-09

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