Felimare aurantimaculata explained

Felimare aurantimaculata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This species was described from a specimen measuring collected at Tarrafal, Cape Verde, 15.278°N -23.752°W in 2009 and a paratype specimen long, from depth at the same locality in 2011.

Description

Felimare aurantimaculata is similar to some specimens of Felimare picta. It is dark blue in colour with slightly raised round orange spots all over the mantle and foot. At the edge of the mantle a series of white glands are visible as raised swellings.

Notes and References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare aurantimaculata Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017. Accessed on 2018-12-27.