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Scientific name Hypselodoris californiensis Similar Felimare, Flabellina funeka, Hypselodoris, Risbecia, Hypselodoris apolegma | ||
Felimare californiensis
The California blue dorid, Felimare californiensis, is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae that eats dysideid sponges.
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Description
The body grows to a length of 90 mm.
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean along the Californian coast from Monterey Bay through Baja California. It became regionally extinct in the northern part of its range, disappearing completely from California by 1984. It reappeared beginning in 2003 and is now found in a few isolated places in California.
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Felimare californiensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA