Felimida

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) .jpg | image_caption = ''Felimida luteorosea'' | taxon = Felimida | authority = Ev. Marcus, 1971<ref>Marcus Ev. (1971). "On Some Euthyneuran Gastropods From The Indian And Pacific Oceans". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' '''39'''(5): 355–369. page 355. {{doi|10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115}}.</ref> | synonyms = | type_species = ''Felimida sphoni'' | type_species_authority = Ev. Marcus, 1971 }}

'''''Felimida''''' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2026). ''Felimida''. at [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558458 ''Felimida'' Ev. Marcus, 1971] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-04-21</ref>

==Taxonomic history== Many of the species currently included in the genus ''Felimida'' were previously contained in the large genus ''Chromodoris'' until a revision of the family Chromodorididae demonstrated that the name ''Chromodoris'' should be used for a smaller group of species.<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><ref>Rudman W.B. (1984) ''The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera''. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 130</ref>

When Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus introduced the genus in 1971, her rationale was: "As it is desirable to subdivide the numerous species of the genus ''Chromodoris'', I allot the present material to the new genus ''Felimida'', based upon the denticulation of the radular teeth. There are no species of ''Chromodoris'' known to have denticles on the inner side of the lateral teeth 2-4."<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=MARCUS |first=EVELINE DU B.-R. |date=1971-08-01 |title=ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS |url=https://academic.oup.com/mollus/article-abstract/39/5/355/1039772?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=355–369 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115 |issn=0260-1230|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

''Felimida'' is a polyphyletic genus. In 2025, a clade was identified within ''Felimida'' through molecular and morphological analysis, and subsequently several species were transferred to their own genus, ''Rudmania''.<ref name=Rudmania>De Oliveira, J. P. G.; Henryco, B.; Ardila, N. E.; Schrödl, M.; Padula, V. (2025). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01595-0 From discovery to reclassification: a new genus and taxonomic revision of Rudmania grahami (Thompson, 1980) comb. nov. (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae).] Marine Biodiversity. 55: 116 (17 pp.).</ref>

== Etymology == ''Felimida'' was first described by Marcus, when she proposed ''F. sphoni'' as the genus' type species as well as introduced the similar species ''Doris tanya''. ''F. sphoni'' is named for malacologist Gale Sphon, who sent Marcus specimens of the species while working for the Los Angeles County Museum.<ref name=":0" /> ''D. tanya'' is named after Tanya, Sphon's cat, and the genus name ''Felimida'' allegedly refers to the Latin word for cat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gale G. Jr. Sphon {{!}} Shellers From the Past and Present |url=https://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=29158 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.conchology.be |language=en}}</ref>

== Description == Marcus characterized ''Felimida'' as "Chromodoridids with unicuspidate lateral teeth, with many denticles on the outer side, and with denticles on the inner side of laterals 1-4."<ref name=":0" />

== Species == * ''Felimida baumanni'' Bertsch, 1970 * ''Felimida binza'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963 * ''Felimida clenchi''Russell, 1935 * ''Felimida corimbae'' Ortea, Gofas & Valdés, 1997 * ''Felimida elegantula'' Philippi, 1844 * ''Felimida galexorum'' Bertsch, 1978 * ''Felimida ghanensis'' Edmunds, 1968 * ''Felimida goslineri'' Ortea & Valdés, 1996 * ''Felimida luteopunctata'' Gantès, 1962 * ''Felimida luteorosea'' Rapp, 1827 * ''Felimida macfarlandi'' Cockerell, 1901 * ''Felimida marislae'' Bertsch, 1973 * ''Felimida norrisi'' Farmer, 1963 * ''Felimida ocellata'' Ortea, Gofas & Valdés, 1997 * ''Felimida ponga'' Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 * ''Felimida punctilucens'' Bergh, 1890 * ''Felimida regalis'' Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001 * ''Felimida rolani'' Ortea, 1988 * ''Felimida ruzafai'' Ortea, Bacallado & Valdés, 1992 * ''Felimida socorroensis'' Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009 * ''Felimida sphoni'' Ev. Marcus, 1971

<gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed"> File:Felimida baumanni.jpg|''Felimida baumanni'' File:Chromodoris britoi 0 Ortea & Perez, 1983.jpg| ''Felimida binza'' File:Felimida binza 242509282.jpg|''Felimida binza'' File:Felimida clenchi.png|''Felimida clenchi'' File:Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) .jpg|''Felimida luteorosea'' File:Chromodoris macfarlandi.jpg|''Felimida macfarlandi'' File:Felimida marislae.jpg|''Felimida marislae'' File:Himalaya Bay, MX nudibranch.jpg|''Felimida norrisi'' File:Felimida sphoni.jpg|''Felimida sphoni'' </gallery>

Species currently brought into synonymy<ref name=WoRMS/>: * ''Felimida atlantica'' Padula, Wirtz & Schrödl, 2017: synonym of ''Rudmania atlantica'' * ''Felimida britoi'' Ortea & J. M. Pérez, 1983: synonym of ''Felimida binza'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963 * ''Felimida dalli'' Bergh, 1879: synonym of ''Chromolaichma dalli'' * ''Felimida edmundsi'' Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1989: synonym of ''Chromolaichma edmundsi'' * ''Felimida fentoni'' Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011: synonym of ''Rudmania fentoni'' * ''Felimida grahami'' T. E. Thompson, 1980: synonym of ''Rudmania grahami'' * ''Felimida kpone'' Edmunds, 1981: synonym of ''Rudmania kpone'' * ''Felimida krohni'' Vérany, 1846: synonym of ''Rudmania krohni'' * ''Felimida neona'' Er. Marcus, 1955: synonym of ''Felimida clenchi'' Russell, 1935 * ''Felimida paulomarcioi'' Domínguez, García & Troncoso, 2006): synonym of ''Rudmania grahami'' T. E. Thompson, 1980 * ''Felimida purpurea'' Risso in Guérin, 1831: synonym of ''Rudmania purpurea'' * ''Felimida rodomaculata'' Ortea & Valdés, 1992: synonym of ''Felimida luteopunctata'' Gantès, 1962

==References== {{Commons category|Felimida}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Chromodorididae Category:Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Category:Gastropod genera