Felimare malacitana | |
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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. malacitana
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Binomial name | |
Felimare malacitana Luque, 1986
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Felimare malacitana is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]
This nudibranch is known only from the Mediterranean near Spain. [4]
Felimare 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. [5]
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 millimetres (0.79 in). [4]
Felimare malacitana | |
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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. malacitana
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Binomial name | |
Felimare malacitana Luque, 1986
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Felimare malacitana is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]
This nudibranch is known only from the Mediterranean near Spain. [4]
Felimare 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. [5]
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 millimetres (0.79 in). [4]