Felimare lilyeveae
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Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006)
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Hypselodoris lilyeveae Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006 (original combination) |
Felimare lilyeveae is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded body length is 26 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 12 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[2]
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597828 on 2015-11-18
- ^ 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.
External links
- Alejandrino A. & Valdés Á. (2006) Phylogeny and biogeography of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 (Nudibranchia,Chromodorididae) with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 189-198
- 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