Felimare porterae | |
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Felimare porterae (Cockerell, 1901), synonym: Chromodoris porterae Cockerell. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Felimare |
Species: | F. porterae
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Binomial name | |
Felimare porterae | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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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.[3][4] It was named by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in honor of his wife Wilmatte Porter Cockerell.[5]
This species was described from rockpools at La Jolla, California. It is reported from Monterey Bay, California to Bahía Tortugas, Baja California, Mexico.[6][7][8]
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.[9][10][11]