Felimare alaini

Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Description

The length of the species attains 40 mm; It occurs at the depth of 10-25 m in reefs.

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens collected at depth at Port Louis, Guadeloupe, and a paratype from Petit Havre, Guadeloupe. It was reported from Saint Martin as Hypselodoris cf. acriba and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba.

Eytomology

The specific name was named in honour of Alain Goyeau who is an expert in underwater nature of Guadeloupe.

References

• Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J.; Buske, Y.; Caballer, M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 25: 163-194

External links

• Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 48: 1-74