Felimida baumanni

Felimida baumanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species: F. baumanni
Binomial name
Felimida baumanni
(Bertsch, 1970)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris baumanni (Bertsch, 1970)

Felimida baumanni is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was first described from Isla San Francisco, Baja California. It is reported from southern Mexico, central America and the Galapagos Islands.[3]

Description

The mantle of Felimida baumanni is white with small red spots and a broken band of orange near the edge.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bertsch, H. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Isla San Francisco, Gulf of California, with the description of a new species. Contributions in Science, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2:1-16.
  2. 1 2 Caballer, M. (2011). Felimida baumanni (Bertsch, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597395 on 18 June 2012
  3. ↑ Bertsch, H. (1978). The Chromodoridinae Nudibranchs from the Pacific Coast of America – Part II. The genus Chromodoris. The Veliger, 20 (4): 307-327.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (October 13) Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  • Rudman W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173. page(s): 167
  • Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp.  ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 197
  • 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.
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