Felimida

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) .jpg | image_caption = Felimida luteorosea | taxon = Felimida | authority = Ev. Marcus, 1971 | synonyms = | type_species = Felimida sphoni | type_species_authority = Ev. Marcus, 1971

Felimida is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

Taxonomic history

Many of the species currently included in the genus Felimida were previously contained in the large genus Chromodoris until a revision of the family Chromodorididae demonstrated that the name Chromodoris should be used for a smaller group of species.

When Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus introduced the genus in 1971, her rationale was: "As it is desirable to subdivide the numerous species of the genus Chromodoris, I allot the present material to the new genus Felimida, based upon the denticulation of the radular teeth. There are no species of Chromodoris known to have denticles on the inner side of the lateral teeth 2-4."

Etymology

Felimida was first described by Marcus, when she proposed F. sphoni as the genus' type species as well as introduced the similar species Doris tanya. F. sphoni is named for malacologist Gale Sphon, who sent Marcus specimens of the species while working for the Los Angeles County Museum. D. tanya is named after Tanya, Sphon's cat, and the genus name Felimida allegedly refers to the Latin word for cat.

Description

Marcus characterized Felimida as "Chromodoridids with unicuspidate lateral teeth, with many denticles on the outer side, and with denticles on the inner side of laterals 1-4."

Species

File:Felimida clenchi.png|Felimida clenchi File:Felimida binza 242509282.jpg|Felimida binza File:Chromodoris krohni 2 (Vérany, 1846).jpg|Felimida krohni File:Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) .jpg|Felimida luteorosea File:Chromodoris macfarlandi.jpg|Felimida macfarlandi File:Chromodoris purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831).jpg|Felimida purpurea File:Babosa de mar (Felimida krohni), Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2022-07-20, DD 34.jpg|Felimida krohni

References

References

  1. Marcus Ev. (1971). "On Some Euthyneuran Gastropods From The Indian And Pacific Oceans". ''[[Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London]]'' '''39'''(5): 355–369. page 355. {{doi. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). ''Felimida''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558458 on 2012-05-01
  3. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 ''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.
  4. Rudman W.B. (1984) ''The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera''. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 130
  5. MARCUS, EVELINE DU B.-R.. (1971-08-01). "ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS". Journal of Molluscan Studies.
  6. "Gale G. Jr. Sphon {{!}} Shellers From the Past and Present".

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