Felimare lapislazuli

Felimare lapislazuli is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[2][4]

Felimare lapislazuli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimare
Species:	F. lapislazuli
Binomial name
Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Hypselodoris lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)[3] Thorunna lapislazuli Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974 (basionym)

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from the Galapagos Islands.^[5]

Description

Felimare lapislazuli has a black body covered in yellow and blue spots and a white mantle edge. The gills are white and the rhinophores exhibit the same pattern as the body. This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm (2.0 in).^[6]