Biology:Felimare alaini

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Felimare alaini
Felimare alaini.jpg
Holotype of Hypselodoris alaini, Port-Louis, Guadeloupe.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. alaini
Binomial name
Felimare alaini
(Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hypselodoris alaini Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013

Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Description

The length of the species attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected at 10–13 m (33–43 ft) depth at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, [ ⚑ ] Unknown format in {{Coord}}. Parameters:

1=16
2=23.2
3=N
4=61
5=31.7
6=W
7=scale:1000000
8=
9= and a paratype from Petit Havre, Guadeloupe. It was reported from Saint Martin as Hypselodoris cf. acriba[2] and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Busque, 2013). Accessed on 2018-12-26.
  2. Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 160.
  3. Kary, T. W., 2010 (Jun 2) Hypselodoris acriba from Anguilla, BWI (Caribbean). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J.; Buske, Y.; Caballer, M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 25: 163-194

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q60220203 entry