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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.

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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.

    Description

    This nudibranch grows to about 20 cm (8 inches) long and feeds on various sponges.

    Habitat

    Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.

    Felimare picta Felimare picta Schultz in Philippi 1836 Doris

    Felimare picta Felimare picta Wikipedia

    References

    Felimare picta Wikipedia
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