Felimida luteorosea

Felimida luteorosea is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Description

The length of the body varies between 30 mm and 55 mm. The body and cephalic tentacles are a vibrant purple, with a golden yellow along the edge of the foot and spotted along the mantle and notum.

• Animalia (Kingdom)
• Mollusca (Phylum)
• Gastropoda (Class)
• Heterobranchia (Subclass)
• Euthyneura (Infraclass)
• Ringipleura (Subterclass)
• Nudipleura (Superorder)
• Nudibranchia (Order)
• Doridina (Suborder)
• Doridoidei (Infraorder)
• Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
• Chromodorididae (Family)
• Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
• Felimida (Genus)
• Felimida luteorosea (Species)

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (Spain and Portugal), the Mediterranean Sea (Greece and Gulf of Trieste in Northern Adriatic Sea) and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.