Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
| Felimare alaini | |
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| Holotype of Hypselodoris alaini, Port-Louis, Guadeloupe. | |
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. alaini
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
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Description edit
The length of the species attains 40 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species was described from two specimens collected at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) depth at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, 16°23.2′N 61°31.7′W / 16.3867°N 61.5283°W and a paratype from Petit Havre, Guadeloupe. It was reported from Saint Martin as Hypselodoris cf. acriba[2] and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Busque, 2013). Accessed on 2018-12-26.
- ^ Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 160.
- ^ Kary, T. W., 2010 (Jun 2) Hypselodoris acriba from Anguilla, BWI (Caribbean). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J.; Buske, Y.; Caballer, M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 25: 163-194