Felimare porterae
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = FMIB 39586 Chromodoris porterae Cockerell Dorsal view.jpeg
| image_caption = Felimare porterae (Cockerell, 1901), synonym: Chromodoris porterae Cockerell. Dorsal view
| genus = Felimare
| species = porterae
| authority = (Cockerell, 1901)Cockerell, T.D.A. (1901). Pigments of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Nature. 65(1674): 79-80.Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42792492 Three new species of Chromodoris.] The Nautilus, 16(2): 19-21.
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| Chromodoris porterae| Cockerell, 1901 (Basionym)
| Glossodoris porterae| (Cockerell, 1901)
| Hypselodoris porterae| (Cockerell, 1901)
| Mexichromis porterae| (Cockerell, 1901)
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Felimare porterae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597534 Felimare porterae (Cockerell, 1901).] 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 It was named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in honor of his wife Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.{{cite web|title=Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (1871-1957) and Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866-1948) 1935|url=http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_308462|website=Smithsonian Institution Archives|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=20 March 2015}}
Distribution
This species was described from rockpools at La Jolla, California. It is reported from Monterey Bay, California to Bahía Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 16) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/mexiport Mexichromis porterae (Cockerell, 1902).] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 85.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): 208
Description
Felimare porterae has a dark blue mantle with a white margin and bright yellow bands which run down the sides of the mantle from the bases of the rhinophores to the gill pocket. There is a light blue line along the middle of the back.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.Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). {{ISBN|1-888569-01-8}}. IX, 526 + cd-romDebelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 207
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