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Felimare espinosai

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Felimare espinosai
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F. espinosai
Binomial name
Felimare espinosai
(Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Hypselodoris espinosai Ortea & Valdés, 1996 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico in the Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 17 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 4 m.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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): 134
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare espinosai. 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. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.