Mexichromis_porterae

<i>Felimare porterae</i>

Felimare porterae

Species of gastropod

Felimare porterae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[3][4] It was named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in honor of his wife Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.[5]

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Distribution

This species was described from rockpools at La Jolla, California. It is reported from Monterey Bay, California to Bahía Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico.[6][7][8]

Description

Felimare porterae has a dark blue mantle with a white margin and bright yellow bands which run down the sides of the mantle from the bases of the rhinophores to the gill pocket. There is a light blue line along the middle of the back.[9][10][11]

References

  1. [1]
    Cockerell, T.D.A. (1901). Pigments of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Nature. 65(1674): 79-80.
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    Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) Three new species of Chromodoris. The Nautilus, 16(2): 19-21.
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    MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare porterae (Cockerell, 1901). Accessed on 2019-01-04.
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    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. [5]
    "Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (1871-1957) and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948) 1935". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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    Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) Mexichromis porterae (Cockerell, 1902). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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    Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 85.
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    Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 208
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    Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
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    Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom
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    Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 207
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