Felimare orsinii is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
| Felimare orsinii | |
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| East of Marseille, France | |
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. orsinii
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare orsinii | |
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Distribution edit
This nudibranch is found in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Animals from the Eastern Mediterranean apparently lack the yellow colour in the submarginal line, but are considered to be the same species.[3]
Description edit
Felimare orsinii is one of a group of Felimare species from the Mediterranean Sea which are all quite similar. This species can be distinguished from the others by the entirely blue gills and rhinophores and the small raised tubercles on the back. There is a single median white line which is slightly edged with blue and a line at the edge of the mantle which is white except at the sides where it grades into yellow. The body reaches a length of 20 mm.[4] This species eats the sponge Scalarispongia scalaris.[3][5] Previously known as Hypselodoris orsinii all Atlantic species of Hypselodoris were shown to belong to a separate clade and were transferred to the genus Felimare in 2012.[6]
Gallery edit
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References edit
- ^ Verany, G. B. 1846. Descrizione di Genova e del Genovesato 1(2): Regno Animale Molluschi, pp. 90- 110, pls. 2-4.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare orsinii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (June 5) Hypselodoris orsinii (Verany, 1846). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) 'Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. [Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.]' Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 113
- ^ 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
External links edit
- Photos of Felimare orsinii on Sealife Collection