Biology:Felimida macfarlandi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Felimida macfarlandi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Binomial name | |
Felimida macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Felimida macfarlandi is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi.[2] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902.[3] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.[1]
Description
The body grows to a length of 44 mm.
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
- ↑ , Wikidata Q64326735
- ↑ , Wikidata Q109607334
- 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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felimida macfarlandi.
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