Biology:Felimida macfarlandi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimida |
| Species: | F. macfarlandi
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| Felimida macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901)
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Felimida macfarlandi, also called Macfarland's nudibranch is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi.[3] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902.[4] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.[1]
Description
The body grows to a length of 44 mm.[5] The slug is purple with orange stripes, sometimes has a short tail that looks like a flower, and two ear-like spots on the side of the head.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida macfarlandi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597451 on 2012-05-09
- ↑ "InvertEBase - Felimida macfarlandi". https://www.invertebase.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=139103&taxauthid=1&clid=16.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q64326735
- ↑ , Wikidata Q109607334
- ↑ "Felimida macfarlandi" (in en). https://reeflifesurvey.com/species/felimida-macfarlandi/.
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 180
- Behrens D.W., Gosliner T.M. & Hermosillo A. (2009) A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revillagigedo Islands of the Mexican Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 60(11): 423–429.
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2478683 entry
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