Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Chromodoris grahami | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Chromodoris Rank Species | |
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Chromodoris grahami is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
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Taxonomic history
This species should be transferred to Felimida according to Johnson & Gosliner (2012).
‘Felimida’ Marcus, 1971 [86].
Type species: Felimida sphoni Marcus, 1971 [86] (by monotypy)
This name will be used for all eastern Pacific and Atlantic species of Chromodoris and Glossodoris (except Glossodoris sedna). These species form a polytomy including Glossodoris baumanni and three clades of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific chromodorids.
Chromodoris clenchi, C. norrisi and C. sphoni (pp = 1.00)
Glossodoris dalli and G. edmundsi (pp = 1.00)
Chromodoris krohni, C. luteorosea and C. purpurea (pp = 0.78)
Distribution
This species was described from Jamaica. It has been reported from Colombia.
Description
The maximum recorded length is 20 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m. Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.