Felimida socorroensis

Felimida socorroensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimida
Species:
F. socorroensis
Binomial name
Felimida socorroensis
(Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris socorroensis Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009 (basionym)

Felimida socorroensis is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae[2][3]

Distribution

The holotype of this species was collected at Cabo Pierce, Isla Socorro, 18°46′40″N 110°54′26″W / 18.77784°N 110.907194°W / 18.77784; -110.907194, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Additional specimens included in the original description came from Isla Socorro and Isla San Benedicto. It is an eastern Pacific Ocean endemic.[4]

Description

Ecology

References

  1. ^ 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. 4(60), 423-429.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida socorroensis (Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009). Accessed on 2018-12-31.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Behrens, D.W., 2014. Felimida socorroensis. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site.