Felimare picta

Felimare picta

''Felimare picta'' is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Felimare (Hypselodoris) picta webbi These nudibranchs can be quite colorful and varied. In Lanzarote they were defintely different from the one I saw in Alicante so I will be posting a few different ones. Felimare picta,Geotagged,Spain,Spring

Appearance

This nudibranch grows to about 20 cm long and feeds on various sponges.
Hypselodoris picta subsp. verdensis Sal, Cabo Verde. Cabo Verde,Fall,Felimare picta,Geotagged

Naming

The subspecies of ''Felimare picta'' have yet to be renamed:
⤷  ''Felimare picta lajensis'' Troncoso, Garcia & Urgorri, 1998
⤷  ''Felimare picta picta''
⤷  ''Felimare picta tema''
⤷  ''Felimare picta verdensis'' Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1966
⤷  ''Felimare webbi''
⤷  ''Felimare azorica'' ''Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996'' has become a synonym of ''Felimare azorica''
Felimare picta Is a nudibranch variable in background color, spotted and lined with yellow. Found in a rocky shoreline. Villajoyosa, Alicante (Spain). Fall,Felimare picta,Geotagged,Spain

Distribution

''Felimare picta'' lives in rocky seabeds throughout the Mediterranean Sea , European waters , the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

Type locality of ''Felimare picta'' is Palermo, Sicily.
Nudibranch - Hypselodoris picta webbi Felimare picta,Geotagged,Spain,Spring

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyChromodorididae
GenusFelimare
SpeciesF. picta
Photographed in
Cabo Verde
Spain