Felimare tema is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. tema
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from three specimens measuring 65–90 mm (2.6–3.5 in) collected near Tema, Ghana in depths of 55–0 m (180–0 ft). It has been reported from Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde.[3]
Description
editFelimare tema is similar in appearance to Felimare picta but with a dark blackish green background colour and with a broad orange border to the mantle, interrupted by violet areas.[3] DNA evidence shows it is clearly a distinct species from Felimare picta, but probably synonymous with Felimare verdensis.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ Edmunds, M. (1981). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Chromodorididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 72: 175-201. page(s): 189-192; figs 7-8, 12C,D
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981). Accessed on 2018-12-28.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Hypselodoris picta tema Edmunds, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 8) Hypselodoris picta verdensis Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Furfaro, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M.; Mariottini, P. (2016). "A DNA-barcoding approach to the phenotypic diversity of Mediterranean species of Felimare Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with a preliminary phylogenetic analysis". Italian Journal of Zoology. 83 (2): 195–207. doi:10.1080/11250003.2016.1150525. hdl:11573/1050531. S2CID 87995441.
- ^ Almada, Frederico; Levy, André; Robalo, Joana I. (2016). "Not so sluggish: The success of the Felimare picta complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) crossing Atlantic biogeographic barriers". PeerJ. 4: e1561. doi:10.7717/peerj.1561. PMC 4730986. PMID 26823995.