''Felimida ruzafai'' is a

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of colorful

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, a dorid

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, a marine

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in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida ruzafai. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597460 on 2012-05-10Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

Description

The body reaches a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Galapagos Islands.

References

* Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 179 * Behrens D.W., Gosliner T.M. & Hermosillo A. (2009) ''A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revillagigedo Islands of the Mexican Pacific''. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 60(11): 423-429.
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.
Chromodorididae Gastropods described in 1992 {{chromodorididae-stub