Felimida socorroensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Felimida |
| Species: | F. socorroensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Felimida socorroensis | |
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Felimida socorroensis is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae[2][3]
Distribution[edit]
The holotype of this species was collected at Cabo Pierce, Isla Socorro, 18°46′40″N 110°54′26″W / 18.77784°N 110.907194°W, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Additional specimens included in the original description came from Isla Socorro and Isla San Benedicto. It is an eastern Pacific Ocean endemic.[4]
Description[edit]
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Ecology[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Behrens, D. W.; Gosliner, T. M.; Hermosillo, A. (2009). A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revillagigedo Islands of the Mexican Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4(60), 423-429.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Felimida socorroensis (Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009). Accessed on 2018-12-31.
- ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.
- ^ Behrens, D.W., 2014. Felimida socorroensis. Miller, M. ed., The Slug Site.