Felimare zebra
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Hypselodoris zebra 001.jpg
| genus = Felimare
| species = zebra
| authority = (Heilprin, 1889)
|| synonyms={{species list
| Chromodoris zebra| Heilprin, 1889 (basionym)
| Doris scacchii| Chiaje, S. delle, 1830, "1822"
| Glossodoris zebra| Heilprin, A., 1888
| Hypselodoris zebra| (Heilprin, 1889)
}}
}}
Felimare zebra, common name the zebra doris, is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimare zebra. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597538 on 2012-05-14Johnson 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 Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.Thompson, T.E., 1977. The taxonomic status of two Bermudan Opisthobranchs. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 43: 217-222.Crozier W. J. (1916). "On the immunity coloration of some nudibranchs". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2: 672-675.
Description
Felimare zebra is a rather large nudibranch and can reach a total length of at least {{cvt|180|mm}}. It has a black body with longitudinal orange lines running along the body and dorsum. Its mantle edge is usually white, sometimes dotted with black spots. The gills are a translucent colour outlined in black, and the rhinophores are completely black. There is some colour variation in this species.Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996). Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165 page(s): 5Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 110 Its similarity to Felimare picta was explored in an investigation into the close relationship of Felimare picta, Felimare bayeri, Felimare tema, Felimare lajensis and Felimare zebra.Almada F., Levy A. & Robalo J.I. (2016). [https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1561 Not so sluggish: the success of Felimare picta complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) crossing Atlantic biogeographic barriers.] PeerJ. 4: e1561.
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m and maximum recorded depth is 18 m.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776}}. This species feeds on the sponge Dysidea etheria.* Grode S. H. & Cardellina J. H. (1984). "Sesquiterpenes from the sponge Dysidea etheria and the nudibranch Hypselodoris zebra". Journal of Natural Products 47(1): 76-83.