Felimare sechurana
| Felimare sechurana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. sechurana
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimare sechurana Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017[1]
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Felimare sechurana is a species of sea slug or droid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from a holotype collected at Isla Foca (5°12′13.8″S 81°12′38.0″W / 5.203833°S 81.210556°W), 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare sechurana Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-30.
- ^ Hoover, C., 2017 Felimare sechurana. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site, accessed 2018-12-31.