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Felimare lapislazuli

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Felimare lapislazuli
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F. lapislazuli
Binomial name
Felimare lapislazuli
(Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b [1]
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare lapislazuli. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597529 on 2012-05-11
  3. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16352
  • Bertsch, H. and Ferreira, A. J. (1974) Four new species of nudibranchs from tropical west America. The Veliger 16: 343-353.
  • Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 108
  • 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