Felimida dalli explained

Felimida dalli is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is found in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to the Galapagos Islands.

Ecology

Felimida dalli feeds on sponge Hyrtios erecta. cf.^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp
• Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
• Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 156
• 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.

External links

• Glossodoris dalli page at nudipixel

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida dalli. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597398 on 2012-06-18
2. Fontana A., Mollo E., Ortea J., Gavagnin M., Cimino G. (2000). "Scalarane and Homoscalarane compounds from the nudibranchs Glossodoris sedna and Glossodoris dalli: Chemical and biological properties". Journal of Natural Products 63(4): 527-530. .
3. Verdín Padilla C. J., Carballo J. L. & Camacho M. L. (2010). "A qualitative assessment of sponge-feeding organisms from the Mexican Pacific Coast". Open Marine Biology Journal 4: 39–46. PDF