Felimida baumanni (Bertsch, 1970)

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

Felimida baumanni (Bertsch, 1970)

Peruvian specimen photograph: Fig. 11 Common name: Baumann’s Chromodorid

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

5-8 m ( Nakamura 2006).

Type material.

Not available.

Distribution.

Eastern Pacific, from Gulf of California (28°N) to Cancas (Tumbes, Peru) ( Nakamura 2006).

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru, it was reported in Cancas (Tumbes, 03°56'S) ( Nakamura 2006). It was also reported in Mexico (Gulf of California, 28°N), Panama (08°N), Ecuador (Galapagos Islands, 00°S) and Colombia (Malpelo Islands, 04°N) ( Behrens and Hermosillo 2005).

Remarks.

The species was originally reported as Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970 in the Eastern Pacific ( Rudman 1983). Years later, Gosliner et al. (2004) discussed the anatomical characteristics of this species to be like those attributed to the genus Glossodoris , suggesting a reclassification. Finally, the phylogenetic study by Johnson and Gosliner (2012) defined its new classification as part of the genus Felimida .

Superfamily Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Family Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Figures

Figure 11. Felimida baumanni, courtesy of Fabian Encinas.