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<i>Felimida macfarlandi</i>

Felimida macfarlandi

Species of gastropod


Felimida macfarlandi is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi.[2] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902.[3] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.[1]

Description

The body grows to a length of 44 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico

References

  1. [1]
    Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida macfarlandi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597451 on 2012-05-09
  2. [2]
    T. D. A. COCKERELL (November 1901). "Pigments of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Nature. 65 (1674): 79–80. doi:10.1038/065079C0. ISSN 1476-4687. Wikidata Q64326735.
  3. [3]
    , Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison) Cockerell (1902), Three new species of Chromodoris, vol. 16, pp. 19–21, Wikidata Q109607334


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