''Felimare aurantimaculata'' is a
species of
sea slug or dorid
nudibranch, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Chromodorididae.
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''Felimare aurantimaculata'' Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017.
Accessed on 2018-12-27.
Distribution
This species was described from a specimen measuring collected at
Tarrafal,
Cape Verde
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, in 2009 and a
paratype specimen long, from depth at the same locality in 2011.
Description
''Felimare aurantimaculata'' is similar to some specimens of ''
Felimare picta
''Felimare picta'' is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare picta''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14. Atlantic O ...
''. It is dark blue in colour with slightly raised round orange spots all over the mantle and foot. At the edge of the mantle a series of white glands are visible as raised swellings.
References
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Chromodorididae
Gastropods described in 2017