''Felimare lapislazuli'' is a
species
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of
sea slug
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or dorid
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Chromodorididae.
[MolluscaBase (2018)]
''Felimare lapislazuli'' (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974).
Accessed on 2019-01-04.
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from the
Galapagos Islands.
[Rudman, W.B., 2006 (March 13]
''Hypselodoris lapislazuli'' (Bertsch & Ferreira, 1971).
nSea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
''Felimare lapislazuli'' has a black body covered in yellow and blue spots and a white mantle edge. The
gills are white and the
rhinophores exhibit the same pattern as the body. This species can reach a total length of at least .
[Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 108]
References
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Chromodorididae
Gastropods described in 1971