Felimida fentoni

Felimida fentoni is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Felimida fentoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. fentoni
Binomial name
Felimida fentoni
(Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris fentoni Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011

Distribution

This species was described from three specimens collected off Pinellas County, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, 28.1710°N 83.00200°W / 28.1710; -83.00200.[3]

Description

Felimida fentoni has a translucent white background colour heavily flecked with dull red-brown and with small yellow spots with orange centres concentrated towards the edge of the mantle. There is a very thin orange-yellow submarginal line around the mantle.[4]

Ecology

The specimens were collected feeding on the sponge Igernella notabilis.

References
  1. Valdés Á., Gatdula U., Sheridan N. & Herrera J. (2011) Multi-data set revision of two uncommon species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) from the Gulf of Mexico. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 51-62.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011). Accessed on 2018-12-27.
  3. Sheridan, N. (2011) Chromodoris fentoni In: Miller, M. ed. (2015) The Slug Site.
  4. "Chromodoris fentoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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