Felimare malacitana

Felimare malacitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species: F. malacitana
Binomial name
Felimare malacitana
Luque, 1986[1]
Synonyms

Hypselodoris malacitana Luque, 1986 (original combination)

Hypselodoris malacitana is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from the Mediterranean near Spain.

Description

Hypselodoris malacitana has a dark blue-black body and is covered in yellow specks. The mantle edge has bands of blue-yellow-black-yellow-blues lines. The gills and rhinophores are opaque light-blue lined with fine yellow.

This species can reach a total length of at least 20 millimetres (0.79 in).[1]

References

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  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Felimare malacitana (Luque, 1986). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597829 on 2015-11-18
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