Felimare picta

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Kingdom Animalia Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris picta Higher classification Hypselodoris		Superfamily Doridoidea Genus FelimareRudman, 1987 Phylum Mollusca Rank Species

Similar Felimare, Hypselodoris, Nudibranch, Molluscs, Gastropods

Nudibranch felimare picta off marco island

Felimare picta is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Felimare picta Felimare picta Schultz in Philippi 1836 Doris

Felimare picta chromodoris picta

Subspecies

The subspecies of Felimare picta have yet to be renamed:

Felimare picta Photo 21 felimare picta by Raffaella Pianu Eco Divers Indonesia

Felimare (Hypselodoris) picta lajensis Troncoso, Garcia & Urgorri, 1998

Felimare (Hypselodoris) picta picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)

Felimare (Hypselodoris) picta tema (Edmunds, 1981)

Felimare (Hypselodoris) picta verdensis Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1966

Felimare (Hypselodoris) webbi (d'Orbigny, 1839)

Felimare (Hypselodoris) azorica Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996 has become a synonym of Felimare azorica (Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996)

Distribution

Felimare picta 14 Beautiful and Amazing Nudibranchs Strange Animals

Felimare picta lives in rocky seabeds throughout the Mediterranean Sea (Greece), European waters (Spain, Portugal), the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean (Azores) and the Gulf of Mexico.

Type locality of Felimare picta is Palermo, Sicily.