Felimare alaini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Busque, 2013). Accessed on 2018-12-26.
Description
The length of the species attains 40 mm; It occurs at the depth of 10-25 m in reefs.https://seaslugs-guadeloupe.com/felimare-alaini/ 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. acribaValdés, Á., Hamann, J., Behrens, D.W., & DuPont, A., 2006. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers, Washington. page 160. and from Anguilla, British West Indies, as Hypselodoris acriba.Kary, T. W., 2010 (Jun 2) Hypselodoris acriba from Anguilla, BWI (Caribbean). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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