''Felimare'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s, dorid
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
s, shell-less
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the subfamily Miamirinae of the family
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.†...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012)]
''Felimare''.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
Taxonomic history
''Felimare'' was described by
Eveline &
Ernst Marcus in 1967 but treated as a synonym of ''Hypselodoris'' until 2012 when it was brought back into use for an eastern Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean clade revealed by
molecular (DNA) techniques.
Species
* ''
Felimare acriba
''Felimare acriba'' is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare acriba''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11
Distribu ...
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(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* ''
Felimare agassizii
''Felimare agassizii'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare agassizii''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
''
(Bergh, 1894)
* ''
Felimare alaini''
(Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
* ''
Felimare amalguae''
(Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988)
* ''
Felimare aurantimaculata''
Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017
* ''
Felimare bayeri
''Felimare bayeri'' is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
It was described by Eveline and Ernst Marcus in 1967.Marcus, Ev. & Marcus, Er. "American Opisthobranch Mollusks ...
''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
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Felimare bilineata''
(Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
* ''
Felimare californiensis''
(Bergh, 1879)
* ''
Felimare cantabrica''
(Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)
* ''
Felimare ciminoi''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare espinosai''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare fontandraui''
(Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
* ''
Felimare fortunensis''
(Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
* ''
Felimare francoisae''
(Bouchet, 1980)
* ''
Felimare fregona''
(Ortea & Caballer, 2013)
* ''
Felimare garciagomezi''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare gasconi
''Felimare gasconi'' is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare gasconi''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-11Johnson ...
''
(Ortea, 1996)
* ''
Felimare gofasi''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare juliae''
(DaCosta, Padula & Schrödl, 2010)
* ''
Felimare kempfi''
(Ev. Marcus, 1971)
* ''
Felimare lajensis
''Felimare lajensis'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in Brazil.
Description
''Felimare lajensis'' is dark blue in colour with a se ...
''
(Troncoso, Garcia & Urgorri, 1998)
* ''
Felimare lalique''
(Ortea & Caballer, 2013)
* ''
Felimare lapislazuli''
(Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)
* ''
Felimare lilyeveae''
(Alejandrino & Valdés, 2006)
* ''
Felimare malacitana''
(Luque, 1986)
* ''
Felimare marci''
(Ev. Marcus, 1971)
* ''
Felimare molloi''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare muniainae''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare nyalya''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* ''
Felimare olgae''
(Ortea & Bacallado, 2007)
* ''
Felimare orsinii
''Felimare orsinii'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare orsinii''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14
Distribution
This nudibranch is fou ...
''
(VĂ©rany, 1846)
* ''
Felimare picta
''Felimare picta'', sometimes called the regal sea goddess 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 ...
''
(Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
** ''Felimare picta azorica''
(Ortea, ValdĂ©s & GarcĂa-GĂłmez, 1996)
* ''
Felimare pinna''
(Ortea, 1988)
* ''
Felimare porterae
''Felimare'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Miamirinae of the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012)''Felimare''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
''
(Cockerell, 1901)
* ''
Felimare ruthae''
(Ev. Marcus & Hughes, 1974)
* ''
Felimare samueli''
(Caballer & Ortea, 2012)
* ''
Felimare sechurana''
Hoover, Padula, Schrödl, Hooker & Valdés, 2017
* ''
Felimare sisalensis''
Ortigosa & Valdés, 2012[Ortigosa, D. & Valdés, A., (2015]
''A new species of ''Felimare'' (formerly ''Mexichromis'')(Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico''.
Nautilus-Sanibel.
* ''
Felimare sycilla''
(Bergh, 1890)
* ''
Felimare tema
''Felimare tema'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Felimare tema'' (Edmunds, 1981).Accessed on 2018-12-28.
Distribution
This species was described from ...
''
(Edmunds, 1981)
* ''
Felimare tricolor''
(Cantraine, 1835)
* ''
Felimare villafranca''
(Risso, 1818)
* ''
Felimare xicoi''
(Ortea & Valdés, 1996)
* ''
Felimare zebra
''Felimare zebra'', common name the zebra doris, is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Felimare zebra''. Accessed t ...
''
(Heilprin, 1889)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Felimare ghiselini''
(Bertsch, 1978): synonym of ''Felimare californiensis''
(Bergh, 1879)
* ''Felimare midatlantica''
(Gosliner, 1990): synonym of ''Felimare tricolor''
(Cantraine, 1835)
* ''Felimare verdensis''
(Ortea, ValdĂ©s & GarcĂa-GĂłmez, 1996): synonym of ''Felimare tema''
(Edmunds, 1981)
Gallery
Image:NKN 3186-1.jpg, '' Felimare bilineata''
Image:Nudibrankioa.jpg, '' Felimare cantabrica''
Image:Felimare fontandraui (Pruvot-Fol, 1951), Dysidea fragilis (Montagu, 1818) 1.jpg, '' Felimare fontandraui''
Image:BEP 1457-1.jpg, ''Felimare orsinii
''Felimare orsinii'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012)''Felimare orsinii''.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-14
Distribution
This nudibranch is fou ...
''
Image:Regal Sea Goddess Nudibranch.jpg, ''Felimare picta
''Felimare picta'', sometimes called the regal sea goddess 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 ...
''
Image:BEPBS 5753-1.jpg, ''Felimare lajensis
''Felimare lajensis'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in Brazil.
Description
''Felimare lajensis'' is dark blue in colour with a se ...
''
Image:BEPBS 5844-1.jpg, '' Felimare marci''
Image:Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835).jpg, '' Felimare tricolor''
Image:Hypselodoris villafranca.JPG, '' Felimare villafranca''
Image:Hypselodoris zebra 001.jpg, ''Felimare zebra
''Felimare zebra'', common name the zebra doris, is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Felimare zebra''. Accessed t ...
''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q971817
Chromodorididae
Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist)
Gastropod genera