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Felimare kempfi
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Felimare kempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Taxonomy
This species has previously been placed in the genera Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 and Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977.[3][4] It was recently transferred to Felimare by Johnson & Gosliner in 2012.[5][4]
Distribution
Distribution of Felimare kempfi includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Panama.[4][6]
Description
The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending slightly beyond the mantle margin.[4] Background color is bright blue with a thick yellow line around the mantle margin.[4] There is a central white line and a series of large black and white spots extend down the dorsum.[4] Rhinophores and gills are blue, branchial leaves are with black rachises.[4] It is up to 20 mm long.[4][7]
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 6 m.[8] Maximum recorded depth is 37 m.[8]
References
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