Felimare ruthae

Felimare ruthae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species: F. ruthae
Binomial name
Felimare ruthae
(Marcus & Hughes, 1974)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Hypselodoris ruthae Ev. Marcus & Hughes, 1974 (basionym)

Felimare ruthae is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known from the Caribbean.[3] and the Gulf of Mexico.

Description

Felimare ruthae has a blue-black body with a yellow-lined mantle and yellow longitudinal lines and bright-blue striarations on its dorsum. The gills are typically translucent outlined with black and the rhinophores are black with a yellow-white line running vertically.

This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and has been observed feeding on the sponge Dysidea etheria.[3]

The maximum recorded length is 27 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 12 m.[4]

References

  1. Marcus Ev. & Hughes H. P. (1974). "Opisthobranch mollusks from Barbados". Bulletin of Marine Science 24(3): 498-532.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare ruthae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597535 on 2012-05-14
  3. 1 2 3
  4. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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