{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = BEPBS 5844-1.jpg | image_caption = The nudibranch ''Felimare marci'', Cabo Frio, Brazil. | genus = Felimare | species = marci | authority = (Ev. Marcus, 1970)<ref name=Marcus1970 /> | synonyms_ref= <ref name=WoRMS/> | synonyms= {{species list | Hypselodoris marci| Ev. Marcus, 1970 }} }}
'''''Felimare marci''''' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.<ref name=WoRMS>Bouchet, P. (2015). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597532 ''Felimare marci'' (Ev. Marcus, 1971).] In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-01</ref> Placement of this species in ''Felimare'' is based on molecular (DNA) evidence.<ref>Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 ''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479</ref>
==Distribution== This nudibranch is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean from Brazil to Venezuela. It was described from northern Brazil ({{Coord|-4.7667|-35.4014|display=inline|name=Brazil}}) and Venezuela ({{Coord|11.9525|-66.8333|display=inline|name=Venezuela}}).<ref name=Marcus1970>{{cite journal|last=Marcus |first=Ev |year=1970|title= Opisthobranchs from northern Brazil|journal=Bulletin of Marine Science|volume=20|pages= 922–951|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1970/00000020/00000004/art00007}}</ref> It was also identified by Marcus from Ilha dos Porcos, Cabo Frio in southern Brazil.<ref name=ssf>Rudman, W.B., 2002 (September 17) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hypsmarc ''Hypselodoris marci'' Marcus, 1970.] <nowiki>[In]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum.</ref>
==Description== ''Felimare marci'' has a body colour of pale yellow-green covered by bright blue spots of various shapes and sizes. In the centre of the back the spots are round and form a regular pattern of numerous dark spots interspersed with larger bright blue spots. Towards the edge of the mantle the ground colour changes to red-brown and the blue spots become irregular, broken, blue rings. There is a contorted triple edge to the mantle with a pale yellow extreme margin to the upper and lower rims and a pale orange submarginal line on the middle rim. The rhinophores have a pale blue base and a white club grading to blue at the tip. The gills are translucent white with a blue line on the inner and outer faces. Two orange lines run parallel with the blue line from the base to midway up the gill on the outer face. The edge of the foot has a different pattern, of alternating blue and white patches with dark blue spots.
(description of the synonym) ''Hypselodoris marci'' has a golden-brown body covered with many small blue or black spots. It has a white or pale orange mantle. The gills and rhinophores are also white or pale orange, the gills outlined with and the rhinophores tipped with a black-blue colour. There is some colour variation between individuals in this species.<ref name="ssf" /> The maximum recorded length is 52 mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">{{cite journal|last=Welch |first=J. J. |year=2010|title=The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence|journal=PLoS ONE|volume=5|issue=1|article-number= e8776|doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|pmid=20098740 |pmc=2808249|bibcode=2010PLoSO...5.8776W |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Ecology== This species feeds on a grey species of the sponge ''Dysidea''.
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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1970 Category:Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus