Felimida purpurea
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| authority = (Risso in Guerin, 1831)Risso, A., 1818. [https://archive.org/stream/journaldephysiqu87natr#page/368/mode/2up Mémoire Sur quelques Gastéropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la Mer de Nice.] Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87:368-377.
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| Chromodoris purpurea | (Risso in Guérin, 1831)
| Doris albescens | Schultz in Philippi, 1836
| Doris piraini | Vérany, 1846
| Doris purpurea | Risso in Guérin, 1831 (basionym)
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Felimida purpurea is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.{{WRMS species|597409|Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831)||5 January 2019}}Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. [http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families.] Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, and on the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa from the Bay of Biscay to Cape VerdeRolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. and west as far as the Azores.Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 22) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chropurp Chromodoris purpurea (Risso in Guérin, 1831).]
Description
Felimida purpurea is a chromodorid nudibranch with a plain white to pale purple mantle edged with a line of orange-yellow. Inside the yellow margin are conspicuous white mantle glands embedded in the tissue. The rhinophores and gills are purple-pink with white tips. The body length varies between 35 mm and 50 mm. This species was transferred from the genus Chromodoris to the genus Felimida in a revision of the family Chromodorididae using DNA characters which showed that the Atlantic species of Chromodoris formed a distinct clade.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
References
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- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 183.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1831
Category:Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Category:Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea