Felimida fentoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimida |
| Species: | F. fentoni
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| Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011)[1]
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Felimida fentoni is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from three specimens collected off Pinellas County, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, 28°10′16″N 83°00′07″W / 28.1710°N 83.00200°W.[3]
Description
[edit]Felimida fentoni has a translucent white background colour heavily flecked with dull red-brown and with small yellow spots with orange centres concentrated towards the edge of the mantle. There is a very thin orange-yellow submarginal line around the mantle.[4]
Ecology
[edit]The specimens were collected feeding on the sponge Igernella notabilis.
References
[edit]- ^ Valdés Á., Gatdula U., Sheridan N. & Herrera J. (2011) Multi-data set revision of two uncommon species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) from the Gulf of Mexico. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 51-62.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011). Accessed on 2018-12-27.
- ^ Sheridan, N. (2011) Chromodoris fentoni In: Miller, M. ed. (2015) The Slug Site.
- ^ "Chromodoris fentoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.