Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Chromodoridoidea > Family Chromodorididae > Subfamily Miamirinae > Genus Felimare

Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

FelimareEv. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967accepted genus name

Species group names

Doris elegans Cantraine, 1835 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Chromodoris cantrainii Bergh, 1879 synonym
Doris calcarae Vérany, 1846 synonym
Doris lutescens Delle Chiaje, 1841 synonym
Doris nardii Vérany, 1846 synonym
Doris picta R. A. Philippi, 1836 synonym
Doris scacchi Delle Chiaje, 1830 synonym
Doris valenciennesi Cantraine, 1841 synonym
Felimare picta azorica (Ortea, Á. Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996) synonym
Glossodoris edenticulata K. White, 1952 synonym
Glossodoris picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) synonym
Hypselodoris picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) synonym
Hypselodoris picta azorica Ortea, Á. Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996 synonym
Polycera webbi A. d'Orbigny, 1839 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: giant doris; regal sea goddess sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Variable Sternschnecke

Literature

new combination reference

Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.

Genbank

loading

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597522

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

Provided by

logo erms

GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597522

Last modified

2023-02-28 by Thomas A. Neubauer

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: