Biology:Felimare villafranca
| Felimare villafranca | |
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| A much paler than average color form of Felimare villafranca | |
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. villafranca
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare villafranca (Risso, 1818)
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Felimare villafranca is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found on the coasts of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from France , the Bay of Biscay to Morocco, Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands and the Azores.[3][4]
Description
This species is predominantly dark blue in colour with a pattern of longitudinal yellow lines. The yellow lines branch and curve, sometimes forming a network in the middle of the back. At the edge of the mantle there is a double yellow line with a series of bright blue elongate patches or a broken blue line between it and the next set of lines which cover the back. A series of white patches may be positioned inside these blue markings. The rhinophores are translucent blue with opaque white pigment at the base of the club and in a line on the back; the tips are blue. The gills are also translucent blue with a midline of opaque white on the inner and outer faces. The body grows to a length of 40 mm.[3][5]
Felimare villafranca
A mating pair in Sagres, Portugal
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare villafranca. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Valdes, A.., 2001 (January 24) Hypselodoris villafranca (Risso, 1818). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ 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): 5
- ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN:978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 111
External links
- Photos of Felimare villafranca on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1141236 entry
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