''Felimida'' is a

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s, dorid

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s, shell-less marine

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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). ''Felimida''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558458 on 2012-05-01

Taxonomic history

Many of the species currently included in the genus ''Felimida'' were previously contained in the large genus ''Chromodoris'' until a revision of the family Chromodorididae demonstrated that the name ''Chromodoris'' should be used for a smaller group of species. When

Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus (6 October 1901 – 31 January 1990) was a German zoology, zoologist and drawing, drawer. Life Eveline Du Bois-Reymond was the youngest daughter of Rene and Frieda du Bois-Reymond, as well as a granddaughter of phys ...

introduced the genus in 1971, her rationale was: "As it is desirable to subdivide the numerous species of the genus ''Chromodoris'', I allot the present material to the new genus ''Felimida'', based upon the denticulation of the radular teeth. There are no species of ''Chromodoris'' known to have denticles on the inner side of the lateral teeth 2-4."

Etymology

''Felimida'' was first described by Marcus, when she proposed '' F. sphoni'' as the genus' type species as well as introduced the similar species ''

Doris tanya ''Doris tanya'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase''Doris tanya'' Ev. Marcus, 1971.Accessed on 2021-04-07. Named after Tanya, Gale G. Sphon's ca ...

''. ''F. sphoni'' is named for

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

Gale Sphon, who sent Marcus specimens of the species while working for the Los Angeles County Museum. ''D. tanya'' is named after Tanya, Sphon's cat, and the genus name ''Felimida'' allegedly refers to the

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word for cat.

Description

Marcus characterized ''Felimida'' as "Chromodoridids with unicuspidate lateral teeth, with many denticles on the outer side, and with denticles on the inner side of laterals 1-4."

Species

* '' Felimida atlantica'' Padula, Wirtz & Schrödl, 2017 * ''

Felimida baumanni ''Felimida baumanni'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Felimida baumanni'' (Bertsch, 1970).Accessed on 2018-12-25. Distribution This species was ...

'' (Bertsch, 1970) * ''

Felimida binza ''Felimida binza'' or the harlequin sea goddess is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida binza. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' (Ortea & Perez, 1983) * ''

Felimida clenchi ''Felimida clenchi'', common name the Harlequin blue doris, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Taxonomy This species was originally a member of the genus '' Chromodor ...

'' (Russell, 1935) * '' Felimida corimbae'' (Ortea, Gofas & Valdés, 1997) * ''

Felimida dalli ''Felimida dalli'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida dalli. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...

'' (Bergh, 1879) * ''

Felimida edmundsi ''Felimida'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). ''Felimida''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

'' (Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1989) * ''

Felimida elegantula ''Felimida elegantula'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, ma ...

'' (Philippi, 1844) * ''

Felimida fentoni ''Felimida fentoni'' is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018)''Felimida fentoni'' (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011).Accessed on 2018-12-27 ...

'' (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011) * ''

Felimida galexorum ''Felimida galexorum'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Behrens D.W., Gosliner T.M. & Hermosillo A. (2009) A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revi ...

'' (Bertsch, 1978) * ''

Felimida ghanensis ''Felimida ghanensis'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida ghanensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Edmunds, 1968) * ''

Felimida goslineri ''Felimida goslineri'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Ch ...

'' (Ortea & Valdés, 1996) * ''

Felimida kpone ''Felimida'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). ''Felimida''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

'' (Edmunds, 1981) * ''

Felimida krohni ''Felimida krohni'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod Mollusca, mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida krohni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (Vérany, 1846) * ''

Felimida luteopunctata ''Felimida luteopunctata'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, ...

'' (Gantès, 1962) * ''

Felimida luteorosea ''Felimida luteorosea'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida luteorosea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mar ...

'' (Rapp, 1827) * '' Felimida macfarlandi'' (Cockerell, 1901) * ''

Felimida marislae ''Felimida marislae'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida marislae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' (Bertsch, 1973) * ''

Felimida neona ''Felimida clenchi'', common name the Harlequin blue doris, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Taxonomy This species was originally a member of the genus '' Chromodor ...

'' (Er. Marcus, 1955) * '' Felimida norrisi'' (Farmer, 1963) * '' Felimida ocellata'' (Ortea, Gofas & Valdés, 1997) * ''

Felimida paulomarcioi ''Felimida paulomarcioi'' is a species of sea slug, dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. The specific name ''paulomarcioi'' is in honour of Brazilian malacologist Paulo Marcio Costa. Distribution This spe ...

'' (Domínguez, García & Troncoso, 2006) * ''

Felimida ponga ''Felimida ponga'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine ...

'' (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) * ''

Felimida punctilucens ''Felimida punctilucens'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, m ...

'' (Bergh, 1890) * '' Felimida purpurea'' (Risso in Guérin, 1831) * ''

Felimida regalis ''Felimida regalis'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida regalis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespe ...

'' (Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001) * ''

Felimida rodomaculata ''Felimida rodomaculata'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida rodomaculata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www ...

'' (Ortea & Valdés, 1992) * ''

Felimida rolani ''Felimida rolani'' is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, off ...

'' (Ortea, 1988) * ''

Felimida ruzafai ''Felimida ruzafai'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 e ...

'' (Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992) * '' Felimida socorroensis'' (Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009) * ''

Felimida sphoni ''Felimida sphoni'' is a species of colorful sea slug and a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Felimida sphoni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies. ...

'' Ev. Marcus, 1971 File:Felimida clenchi.png, ''

'' File:Felimida binza 242509282.jpg, ''

'' File:Chromodoris krohni 2 (Vérany, 1846).jpg, ''

'' File:Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) .jpg, ''

'' File:Chromodoris macfarlandi.jpg, '' Felimida macfarlandi'' File:Chromodoris purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831).jpg, '' Felimida purpurea'' File:Babosa de mar (Felimida krohni), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 34.jpg, ''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q970860 Chromodorididae Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Gastropod genera