Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Felimare | |
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Felimare fregona is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
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Taxonomy
This species was described under the name Hypselodoris fregona from the Caribbean Sea in 2013. However Johnson & Gosliner transferred all eastern Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Hypselodoris to the genus Felimare already in 2012.
Distribution
Distribution of Felimare fregona includes Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Curaçao, Guadeloupe and Panama. It was described from Guadeloupe.
Description
The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending beyond the mantle margin. Background color is white with irregular shades of pale blue and gray. Dorsum is with three longitudinal yellow lines. Mantle margin is edged by an opaque white line with a narrow submarginal band of yellow and a series of black circular spots. Rhinophores are white with a purple longitudinal line up from the base. It is up to 40 mm long.
Ecology
It feeds on a blue sponge.