Felimare lilyeveae

Felimare lilyeveae is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Felimare lilyeveae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. lilyeveae
Binomial name
Felimare lilyeveae
(Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypselodoris lilyeveae Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Lesser Antilles.[4]

Description

The maximum recorded body length is 26 mm (1.0 in).[4]

Habitat

Reported from 12–18 m (39–59 ft) depth.[4]

References

  1. Alejandrino A. & Valdés Á. (2006) Phylogeny and biogeography of the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 (Nudibranchia,Chromodorididae) with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 189-198.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-18
  3. 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
  4. Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, p. 162-3. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3
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