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Felimare sechurana Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés 2017

Felimare sechurana

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Felimare sechurana is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from a holotype collected at Isla Foca (), Piura, Peru on 25 March 2013 (length 18 mm (0.71 in) preserved) and four paratypes with the largest measuring 40 mm (1.6 in) from the same locality.[1]

Description

This species was previously identified as Felimare ghiselini, a synonym of Felimare californiensis. It is dark blue in colour densely covered with orange spots on the mantle and foot and with pale blue-white spots scattered between the orange spots or merging at the mantle and foot edges. It reaches 64 mm (2.5 in) in length.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoover C.A., Padula V., Schrödl M., Hooker Y. & Valdés Á. (2017). Integrative taxonomy of the Felimare californiensis and F. ghiselini species complex (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with description of a new species from Peru. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 83(4): 461-475.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare sechurana Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-30.
  3. ^ Hoover, C., 2017 Felimare sechurana. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site, accessed 2018-12-31.
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Felimare sechurana: Brief Summary

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Felimare sechurana is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

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