Felimida clenchi

Felimida clenchi (Russell, 1935)

Taxonomic note: The European Atlantic and Mediterranean species of the genus Chromodoris and Hypselodoris have been reconsidered. After molecular analysis of the Chromodorididae performed by Johnson & Gosliner (2012, Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): 33479) the Hypselodoris species have been included in the genus Felimare Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 and the Chromodoris species have been included in the genus Felimida Ev. Marcus, 1971.

• Chromodoris clenchi (Russell, 1935)
• Glossodoris clenchi Russell, 1935

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Clenchi. In honor to Dr. William James Clench, (1897-1984), Curator of Molluscs between 1926-66 at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA. He founded (1941) and edited “Johnsonia” (named for Charles Willison Johnson). Although, Clench himself mainly was interested in freshwater and land molluscs, he also published rather much on marine molluscs and had several well-known students, who worked on marine fauna (Rehder, Tucker Abbott, Ruth Turner, Rosewater, Robert Robertson, etc.).

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Felimida clenchi

Sources:
OBIS GROC 2010-2011 Enric Madrenas João Pedro Silva Bernard Picton GBIF	OPK VIMAR Manuel Ballesteros M@re Nostrum Altres fonts Marine Regions

More pictures

Felimida clenchi @ Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA by Ariane Dimitris

Felimida clenchi (juveniles) @ Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA by Ariane Dimitris

Felimida clenchi (juvenile 1mm) @ Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA by Ariane Dimitris

Felimida clenchi @ Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA by Ariane Dimitris

Felimida clenchi @ Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA by Ariane Dimitris

Bibliography

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