Felimida dalli is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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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: | Felimida |
| Species: | F. dalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimida dalli | |
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Distribution edit
This species is found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to the Galapagos Islands.[1]
Ecology edit
Felimida dalli feeds on sponge Hyrtios erecta. cf.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ a b Glossodoris dalli Bergh, 1879. Sea Slug Forum, accessed 18 February 2010.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida dalli. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597398 on 2012-06-18
- ^ Fontana A., Mollo E., Ortea J., Gavagnin M., Cimino G. (2000). "Scalarane and Homoscalarane compounds from the nudibranchs Glossodoris sedna and Glossodoris dalli: Chemical and biological properties". Journal of Natural Products 63(4): 527-530. doi:10.1021/np990506z.
- ^ Verdín Padilla C. J., Carballo J. L. & Camacho M. L. (2010). "A qualitative assessment of sponge-feeding organisms from the Mexican Pacific Coast". Open Marine Biology Journal 4: 39–46. PDF Archived 27 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading edit
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp
- Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
- Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 156
- 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
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