Felimare acriba is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[3]
| Felimare acriba | |
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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. acriba
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare acriba Marcus & Marcus, 1967[1]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Hypselodoris acriba Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967 (basionym)[2] | |
Distribution edit
This nudibranch is known only from the Caribbean.
Description edit
Felimare acriba has a blue body which is covered in a yellow-gold mesh pattern with a series of black spots towards the edges of the mantle. The very edge of the mantle is yellow, with a thin red line inside this, then a more diffuse area of pink to white The rhinophores are purple-blue and the deeply indented mantle and gills are a gold-brown colour.[4] The maximum recorded length is 60 mm.[5][6][7]
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 26 m.[4]
References edit
- ^ Marcus Er. & Marcus Ev. (1967). "American opisthobranch mollusks. Part 1, Tropical American opisthobranchs". Studies in Tropical Oceanography, Miami, 6(1-2): 1-137. Figs 1-150, Pl. 1, figs 1-9.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare acriba. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11
- ^ a b Behrens, D.W., 2000 (October 23) Hypselodoris acriba Marcus & Marcus, 1967. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- ^ 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): 84
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 109