Felimida punctilucens is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Felimida punctilucens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimida |
Species: | F. punctilucens
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Binomial name | |
Felimida punctilucens | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Chromodoris punctilucens Bergh, 1890 (original combination) |
Description
editThe maximum recorded body length is 35 mm.[3]
Habitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 68 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 68 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bergh, R. (1890). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake"." Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19: 155-181, 3 pls.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida punctilucens (Bergh, 1890). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597456 on 2017-12-15
- ^ a b c 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.