Felimare aurantimaculata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
| Felimare aurantimaculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. aurantimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare aurantimaculata Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from a specimen measuring 30 mm (1.2 in) collected at Tarrafal, Cape Verde, 15°16′41″N 23°45′07″W / 15.278°N 23.752°W in 2009 and a paratype specimen 50 mm (2.0 in) long, from 23 m (75 ft) depth at the same locality in 2011.[1]
Description
editFelimare aurantimaculata is similar to some specimens of Felimare picta. It is dark blue in colour with slightly raised round orange spots all over the mantle and foot. At the edge of the mantle a series of white glands are visible as raised swellings.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ortigosa D., Pola M. & Cervera J.L. (2017). A new Felimare (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) of the Atlantic blue chromodorid chromatic group from Cape Verde. Scientia Marina. 81(3): 387-394.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare aurantimaculata Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-27.