Felimida luteorosea

Felimida luteorosea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[1][2]

Felimida luteorosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. luteorosea
Binomial name
Felimida luteorosea (Rapp, 1827)
Synonyms[1]
Chromodoris daphne Angas, G.F., 1864 Chromodoris iheringi Bergh, 1879 Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) Doris luteorosea Rapp, 1827 (basionym) Doris lutescens Chiaje, S. delle, 1841 Doris nardii Vérany, J.B., 1846 Hypselodoris picta Schultz in Philippi, R.A., 1836

Description

The size of the body varies between 30 mm and 55 mm. The body and cephalic tentacles are a vibrant purple, with a golden yellow along the edge of the foot and spotted along the mantle and notum.

• Animalia (Kingdom)^[3]
• Mollusca (Phylum)
• Gastropoda (Class)
• Heterobranchia (Subclass)
• Euthyneura (Infraclass)
• Ringipleura (Subterclass)
• Nudipleura (Superorder)
• Nudibranchia (Order)
• Doridina (Suborder)
• Doridoidei (Infraorder)
• Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
• Chromodorididae (Family)
• Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
• Felimida (Genus)
• Felimida luteorosea (Species)

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (Spain, Portugal), the Mediterranean Sea (Greece, Gulf of Trieste in Northern Adriatic Sea) and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.