Felimida macfarlandi

Felimida macfarlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. macfarlandi
Binomial name
	Felimida macfarlandi; (Cockerell, 1901)
Synonyms
	Chromodoris mcfarlandi Cockerell, 1901 ; Glossodoris macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901) ;

Felimida macfarlandi is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Taxonomy[]

This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi.^[2] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902.^[3] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.^[1]

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[]

^ ^a ^b 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
^ T. D. A. COCKERELL (November 1901). "Pigments of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Nature. 65 (1674): 79–80. doi:10.1038/065079C0. ISSN 1476-4687. Wikidata Q64326735.
^ , Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison) Cockerell (1902), Three new species of Chromodoris, vol. 16, pp. 19–21, Wikidata Q109607334

Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 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

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[WoRMS-1] 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

[Cockerell1901-2] T. D. A. COCKERELL (November 1901). "Pigments of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Nature. 65 (1674): 79–80. doi:10.1038/065079C0. ISSN 1476-4687. Wikidata Q64326735.

[Cockerell1902-3] , Theodore D. A. (Theodore Dru Alison) Cockerell (1902), Three new species of Chromodoris, vol. 16, pp. 19–21, Wikidata Q109607334

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