Felimida grahami

Felimida grahami is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Felimida grahami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. grahami
Binomial name
Felimida grahami
(Thompson, 1980)[1]
Synonyms

Chromodoris grahami

Taxonomic history

This species should be transferred to Felimida according to Johnson & Gosliner (2012).[4]

‘Felimida’ Marcus, 1971 [86].

Type species: Felimida sphoni Marcus, 1971 [86] (by monotypy) This name will be used for all eastern Pacific and Atlantic species of Chromodoris and Glossodoris (except Glossodoris sedna). These species form a polytomy including Glossodoris baumanni and three clades of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific chromodorids. Chromodoris clenchi, C. norrisi and C. sphoni (pp = 1.00) Glossodoris dalli and G. edmundsi (pp = 1.00) Chromodoris krohni, C. luteorosea and C. purpurea (pp = 0.78)

These exclusively eastern Pacific and Atlantic clades do not form a monophyletic group, but we will provisionally name all of these species ‘Felimida’. This is the most conservative choice, the choice that requires the fewest name changes and is the least disruptive pending further information and broader taxon sampling.

Distribution

This species was described from Jamaica. It has been reported from Colombia.[5]

Description

The maximum recorded length is 20 mm.[6]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[6] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.[6]

References
  1. Thompson, T.E. (1980) Jamaican Opisthobranch Molluscs II. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 46: 74-99
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Chromodoris grahami T. E. Thompson, 1980. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-06
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. 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
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (October 15) Chromodoris grahami Thompson, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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