Felimare gasconi is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
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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. gasconi
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare gasconi (Ortea, 1996)[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from Calvi, Haute-Corse, France in the Mediterranean Sea.
Description edit
Felimare gasconi has a dark blue body with a single white line running centrally along the dorsum. It has an orange and white edged mantle. The gills and rhinophores are dark blue, faintly outlined with white. This species can reach a total length of at least 15 mm.[4]
References edit
- ^ Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165 page(s): 120
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare gasconi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11
- ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 6) Hypselodoris gasconi Ortea in Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.