Felimare olgae
| Felimare olgae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimare |
| Species: | F. olgae |
| Binomial name | |
| Felimare olgae (Ortea & Bacallado, 2007)[1] | |
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Felimare olgae is a species of very colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Caribbean.[3]
Description
Felimare olgae has a golden-brown body covered in blue and black spots. The mantle is pale yellow. The gills are pale yellow outlined with dark-blue and the rhinophores are pale-yellow, tipped with dark blue.[4] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm (1.4 in) and has been observed feeding on the blue sponge Dysidea etheria.[3]
References
- ^ Ortea, J. & Bacallado, J. J. (2007) Descripción de una nueva especie de Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) nombrada en homenaje a Olga Ucelay Sabina. Revista Academia Canaria de las Ciencias, 18, 53-60.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare olgae (Ortea & Bacallado, 2007). Accessed on 2019-01-02.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2009 (March 25) Hypselodoris olgae Ortea & Bacallado, 2007. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 166 as Hypselodoris sp. 4.