Felimare acriba | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimare |
Species: | F. acriba
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Binomial name | |
Felimare acriba Marcus & Marcus, 1967
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Synonyms [3] | |
Hypselodoris acriba Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967 ( basionym) [2] |
Felimare acriba is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [3]
This nudibranch is known only from the Caribbean.
Felimare acriba has a blue body which is covered in a yellow-gold mesh pattern with a series of black spots towards the edges of the mantle. The very edge of the mantle is yellow, with a thin red line inside this, then a more diffuse area of pink to white The rhinophores are purple-blue and the deeply indented mantle and gills are a gold-brown colour. [4] The maximum recorded length is 60 mm. [5] [6] [7]
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [5] Maximum recorded depth is 26 m. [4]
Felimare acriba | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimare |
Species: | F. acriba
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Binomial name | |
Felimare acriba Marcus & Marcus, 1967
[1]
| |
Synonyms [3] | |
Hypselodoris acriba Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967 ( basionym) [2] |
Felimare acriba is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [3]
This nudibranch is known only from the Caribbean.
Felimare acriba has a blue body which is covered in a yellow-gold mesh pattern with a series of black spots towards the edges of the mantle. The very edge of the mantle is yellow, with a thin red line inside this, then a more diffuse area of pink to white The rhinophores are purple-blue and the deeply indented mantle and gills are a gold-brown colour. [4] The maximum recorded length is 60 mm. [5] [6] [7]
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [5] Maximum recorded depth is 26 m. [4]