Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris gasconi | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Felimare Rank Species | |
Similar Felimare orsinii, Felimare, Felimare villafranca, Felimare fontandraui, Felimare tricolor | ||
Felimare gasconi is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
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Description
Felimare gasconi has a dark blue body with a single white line running centrally along the dorsum. It has an orange and white edged mantle. The gills and rhinophores are dark blue, faintly outlined with white.
This species can reach a total length of at least 15 mm.
Distribution
This species was described from Calvi, Haute-Corse, France in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
Felimare gasconi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA