Felimare sycilla is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Felimare sycilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Felimare
Species:
F. sycilla
Binomial name
Felimare sycilla
(Bergh, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris sycilla Bergh, 1890 (original combination)
  • Hypselodoris sycilla (Bergh, 1890)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.[4]

Description

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The maximum recorded body length is 25 mm (0.98 in).[5]

Habitat

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Minimum recorded depth is 0 m (0 ft) and maximum recorded depth is 26 m (85 ft).[5]

References

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  1. ^ Bergh, R. (1890). "Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake"". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19: 155-181, 3 pls.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare sycilla (Bergh, 1890). Accessed on 2019-01-04.
  3. ^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b 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.