Felimare tema explained

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

Distribution

This species was described from three specimens measuring collected near Tema, Ghana in depths of . It has been reported from Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde.

Description

Felimare tema is similar in appearance to Felimare picta but with a dark blackish green background colour and with a broad orange border to the mantle, interrupted by violet areas.^[2] DNA evidence shows it is clearly a distinct species from Felimare picta, but probably synonymous with Felimare verdensis.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981). Accessed on 2018-12-28.
2. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Hypselodoris picta tema Edmunds, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
3. Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 8) Hypselodoris picta verdensis Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. A DNA-barcoding approach to the phenotypic diversity of Mediterranean species of Felimare Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with a preliminary phylogenetic analysis . 10.1080/11250003.2016.1150525 . 2016 . Furfaro . G. . Modica . M. V. . Oliverio . M. . Mariottini . P. . Italian Journal of Zoology . 83 . 2 . 195–207 . 87995441 . free . 11573/1050531 . free .
5. 10.7717/peerj.1561 . free . Not so sluggish: The success of the Felimare picta complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) crossing Atlantic biogeographic barriers . 2016 . Almada . Frederico . Levy . André . Robalo . Joana I. . PeerJ . 4 . e1561 . 26823995 . 4730986 .