Felimare kempfi | |
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Oblique left side view of Felimare kempfi. | |
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. kempfi
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Binomial name | |
Felimare kempfi (
Ev. Marcus, 1971)
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Felimare kempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species has previously been placed in the genera Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 and Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. [3] [4] It was recently transferred to Felimare by Johnson & Gosliner in 2012. [5] [4]
Distribution of Felimare kempfi includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Panama. [4] [6]
The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending slightly beyond the mantle margin. [4] Background color is bright blue with a thick yellow line around the mantle margin. [4] There is a central white line and a series of large black and white spots extend down the dorsum. [4] Rhinophores and gills are blue, branchial leaves are with black rachises. [4] It is up to 20 mm long. [4] [7]
Minimum recorded depth is 6 m. [8] Maximum recorded depth is 37 m. [8]
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference [4]
Felimare kempfi | |
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Oblique left side view of Felimare kempfi. | |
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. kempfi
|
Binomial name | |
Felimare kempfi (
Ev. Marcus, 1971)
[1]
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Felimare kempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species has previously been placed in the genera Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 and Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. [3] [4] It was recently transferred to Felimare by Johnson & Gosliner in 2012. [5] [4]
Distribution of Felimare kempfi includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Panama. [4] [6]
The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending slightly beyond the mantle margin. [4] Background color is bright blue with a thick yellow line around the mantle margin. [4] There is a central white line and a series of large black and white spots extend down the dorsum. [4] Rhinophores and gills are blue, branchial leaves are with black rachises. [4] It is up to 20 mm long. [4] [7]
Minimum recorded depth is 6 m. [8] Maximum recorded depth is 37 m. [8]
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference [4]