Felimare olgae
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| Felimare olgae (Ortea & Bacallado, 2007)[1]
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Hypselodoris olgae Ortea & Bacallado, 2007 (original combination) | |
Felimare olgae is a species of very colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Caribbean.
Description
Felimare olgae has a golden-brown body covered in blue and black spots. The mantle is pale yellow. The gills are pale yellow outlined with dark-blue and the rhinophores are pale-yellow, tipped with dark blue.
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Dysidea.[1]
References
- Ortea, J. & Bacallado, J. J. (2007) Descripción de una nueva especie de Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) nombrada en homenaje a Olga Ucelay Sabina. Revista Academia Canaria de las Ciencias, 18, 53-60.
- 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
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