Felimare olgae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. olgae
Binomial name
Felimare olgae
(Ortea & Bacallado, 2007)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypselodoris olgae Ortea & Bacallado, 2007 (original combination)

Felimare olgae is a species of very colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Caribbean.[3]

Description

Felimare olgae has a golden-brown body covered in blue and black spots. The mantle is pale yellow. The gills are pale yellow outlined with dark-blue and the rhinophores are pale-yellow, tipped with dark blue.[4] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm (1.4 in) and has been observed feeding on the blue sponge Dysidea etheria.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ortea, J. & Bacallado, J. J. (2007) Descripción de una nueva especie de Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) nombrada en homenaje a Olga Ucelay Sabina. Revista Academia Canaria de las Ciencias, 18, 53-60.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare olgae (Ortea & Bacallado, 2007). Accessed on 2019-01-02.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2009 (March 25) Hypselodoris olgae Ortea & Bacallado, 2007. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Valdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 166 as Hypselodoris sp. 4.
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