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Felimare juliae
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Felimare juliae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Distribution
This species was described from a specimen measuring 57 mm (2.2 in) collected intertidally at Praia das Conchas, Cabo Frio, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22°52′15″S 41°58′52″W and a paratype, from Ilha dos Papagaios, Cabo Frio 22°53′49″S 41°59′02″W.[1] Reported from Florida and probably present at intermediate localities in the western Atlantic Ocean.[3]
Description
Felimare juliae is similar in appearance to Felimare picta with a dark blue background colour but is densely covered on the mantle and foot with fine longitudinal orange lines. The mantle has a frilly edge with a marginal orange line enclosing a series of larger pale blue spots and pale blue spots occur amongst the orange lines.[1]
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