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 | |
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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] | |
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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
- 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.
- Bouchet, P. (2015). Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-18
- 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
- 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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