Felimida clenchi (Russel, 1935)

Delgado, Marlon, Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais, Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de, Padula, Vinicius, Bahia, Juliana & Brandão, Simone Nunes, 2022, Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-26 : 13

22. Felimida clenchi (Russel, 1935) ( Fig. 3G )

Material examined: Praia de Santa Rita, Extremoz, 09.III.2009, one specimen, 4 mm (body length), leg. V. Padula ( MZSP 97081). Praia de Pirambúzios, Nísia Floresta, 06. V.2008, one specimen (lost), 10 mm (body length), phot. reg. N. Filho. Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 04.VII.2009, two specimens, 6-9 mm (body length), leg. G. Grimaldi ( MZSP 97070), 05.VII.2009, six specimens, 4-15 mm (body length), leg. F. Santos ( GEEFAA 263a, 329). 03.I.2011, one specimen, 10 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 332).

Description: Body oblong, up to 25 mm (body length) in length. Border of mantle reddish-orange-yellowish reticulated pattern. Anteriorly, elongated notum covering head and foot, dark-colored from midlength to posterior, where visceral mass is located. Rhinophores and gills white and purple. Retractile, lamellate rhinophores curved posteriorly. Anus surrounded by flattened, retractile, gill leaves. Posterior of body acute, orange to reddish dorsally, and white ventrally.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, CuraÇao, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Panama, St. Vicent & the Grenadines, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Brazil (Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) ( Marcus, 1957; Domínguez et al., 2006; García et al., 2008; Padula et al., 2012, Sales et al., 2013; GalvãoFilho et al., 2015; Padula et al., 2016).

Figures

Figure 3. Heterobranchsea slugsfrom Rio Grandedo Norte.(A) Phyllaplysiaengeli (6mm – GEEFAA342);(B)Berthela agassizii(11mm –MZSP 97047);(C) Berthella nebula (7 mm– GEEFAA 1307);(D)Berthella vialactea(14mm – GEEFAA 304);(E) Berthellinaignis (10 mm– GEEFAA 335);(F) Cadlina rumia(10mm – GEEFAA311); (G) Felimida clenchi (9 mm – MZSP 97070); (H) Felimare sp. (13 mm – GEEFAA 313); (I) Tyrinna evelinae (18 mm – GEEFAA 1305); (J) Diaulula greeleyi (20 mm – GEEFAA 259a); (K) Discodoris branneri (70 mm – MZSP 97063); (L) Geitodoris pusae (14 mm – GEEFAA 338); (M.1) Sclerodoris prea (33 mm – GEEFAA 1314); (M.2) Sclerodoris prea (35 mm – GEEFAA1314); (N) Taringa iemanja (25 mm – MZSP 97062);(O) Taringa telopia (18 mm – MZSP 97071).