Felimida macfarlandi

Felimida macfarlandi, also called Macfarland's nudibranch is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]

Felimida macfarlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. macfarlandi
Binomial name
Felimida macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901)
Synonyms[1]
Chromodoris mcfarlandi Cockerell, 1901 Glossodoris macfarlandi (Cockerell, 1901)

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1901 and named Chromodoris mcfarlandi.^[3] Cockerell went on to give a fuller description of this species in 1902.^[4] It has also been known as Glossodoris macfarlandi.^[1]

Description

The body grows to a length of 44 mm.^[5] The slug is purple with orange stripes, sometimes has a short tail that looks like a flower, and two ear-like spots on the side of the head.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Central California, USA to Baja California, Mexico.