Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris acriba | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Felimare Rank Species | |
Similar Felimare marci, Felimare kempfi, Felimare zebra, Felimare bilineata | ||
Felimare acriba p8031649
Felimare acriba is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from the Caribbean.
Description
Felimare acriba has a blue body which is covered in a yellow-gold mesh pattern with a series of black spots towards the edges of the mantle. The very edge of the mantle is yellow, with a thin red line inside this, then a more diffuse area of pink to white The rhinophores are purple-blue and the deeply indented mantle and gills are a gold-brown colour. The maximum recorded length is 60 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. Maximum recorded depth is 26 m.
References
Felimare acriba Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA