Felimida purpurea

Felimida purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.^[2][3]

The nudibranch Felimida purpurea, Sagres, Portugal.

Felimida purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Felimida
Species:	F. purpurea
Binomial name
Felimida purpurea (Risso in Guerin, 1831)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831) Doris albescens Schultz in Philippi, 1836 Doris piraini Vérany, 1846 Doris purpurea Risso in Guérin, 1831 (basionym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, and on the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa from the Bay of Biscay to Cape Verde^[4] and west as far as the Azores.^[5]

Description

Felimida purpurea is a chromodorid nudibranch with a plain white to pale purple mantle edged with a line of orange-yellow. Inside the yellow margin are conspicuous white mantle glands embedded in the tissue. The rhinophores and gills are purple-pink with white tips. The body length varies between 35 mm and 50 mm. This species was transferred from the genus Chromodoris to the genus Felimida in a revision of the family Chromodorididae using DNA characters which showed that the Atlantic species of Chromodoris formed a distinct clade.^[6]