Redescription ofFelimida elegantula(Philippi, 1844) and a preliminary phylogeny of the European species ofFelimida(Chromodorididae)

2014/06/20 by Deneb Ortigosa, Marta Pola, Leila Carmona +3 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu041

openalex publication_date 2014/06/20 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

Felimida elegantula (Philippi, 1844) was originally described as Doris elegantula based on the external morphology of a single specimen from Sicily (Italy). Since Philippi's description, this species has been recorded only a few times, always from the Mediterranean Sea, and without any detailed description of the internal morphology. According to a recent reassessment of the family Chromodorididae, all the eastern Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean species previously attributed to the genus Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 should be reallocated to Felimida Marcus, 1971. Here we present a morphological redescription of F. elegantula based on five specimens from Sardinia (Italy) as well as a molecular phylogeny using two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) and16S rRNA) and one nuclear (histone-3) marker. We aim to investigate phylogenetic relationships within ‘Felimida’ from the Atlantic coast of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.

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