Felimare lapislazuli

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| authority = (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971)Bertsch, H. and Ferreira, A. J. (1974) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431267 Four new species of nudibranchs from tropical west America.] The Veliger 16: 343-353.

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| Hypselodoris lapislazuli| (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974)Bertsch, H. (1978) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42515138 The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.--Part IV. The genus Hypselodoris.] The Veliger 21: 236-250.

| Thorunna lapislazuli| Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974 (basionym)

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Felimare lapislazuli is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597529 Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974).] Accessed on 2019-01-04.Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from the Galapagos Islands.Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypslapi Hypselodoris lapislazuli (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Description

Felimare lapislazuli has a black body covered in yellow and blue spots and a white mantle edge. The gills are white and the rhinophores exhibit the same pattern as the body. This species can reach a total length of at least {{cvt|50|mm}}.Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 108

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