''Felimida macfarlandi'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

of colorful

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

, a dorid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

, a

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gastropod

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in 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. ...

Taxonomy

This species was first described by

Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948) was an American zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother of Sydney Cockerell. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and then studied botany in the field in Colorado in 1887 ...

in 1901 and named ''Chromodoris mcfarlandi''. Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902. It has also been known as ''Glossodoris macfarlandi''.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida macfarlandi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597451 on 2012-05-09

Description

The body grows to a length of 44 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico

References

* Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 180 * 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 1902 Taxa named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell {{chromodorididae-stub