Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Felimare | |
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Similar Felimare bilineata, Felimare villafranca, Felimare fontandraui, Felimare cantabrica, Felimare | ||
Nudibr nquios felimare lajensis
Felimare lajensis is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
This nudibranch is found in Brazil.
Description
Felimare lajensis is dark blue in colour with a series of yellow longitudinal lines. The edge of the mantle is white and there is a series of darker blue spots on a blue background between the border and the first of the yellow lines. The rhinophores are entirely blue and the gills are also blue with very dark blue rachises.
Ecology
This species feeds on a blue species of the sponge Dysidea etheria.
References
Felimare lajensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA