Felimare sycilla
(Redirected from Hypselodoris sycilla)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. sycilla
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Felimare sycilla is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[4]
Description
[edit]The maximum recorded body length is 25 mm (0.98 in).[5]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 0 m (0 ft) and maximum recorded depth is 26 m (85 ft).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bergh, R. (1890). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake"". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19: 155-181, 3 pls.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare sycilla (Bergh, 1890). Accessed on 2019-01-04.
- ^ 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
- ^ Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165.
- ^ a b Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.