{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Felimida binza 242509282.jpg | image_caption = ''Felimida binza'' from Florida | genus = Felimida | species = binza | authority = (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = ''Chromodoris binza'' <small>Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963</small> (basionym) }}

'''''Felimida binza''''' or the '''harlequin sea goddess''' is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). Felimida binza. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597414 on 2012-05-08</ref><ref name="Bouchet">Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off Florida to Brazil.

==Description== left|thumb|Florida|188x188px The maximum recorded length is 30&nbsp;mm.<ref name="Welch 2010">Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". ''PLoS ONE'' '''5'''(1): e8776. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0008776|doi-access=free}}.</ref>

==Ecology== Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/> Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.<ref name="Welch 2010"/>

Prey of ''Felimida binza'' includes sponge ''Chelonaplysilla erecta''.<ref>Belmonte T., Alvim J., Padula V. & Muricy G. (2015). "Spongivory by nudibranchs on the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, southeastern Brazil". ''Spixiana'' '''38'''(2): 187–195. [http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/spix38_2_04.pdf PDF].</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks.'' 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). {{ISBN|1-888569-01-8}}. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. * Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 165 * [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 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]

==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=49819|title=''Chromodoris binza''|access-date=8 May 2012}} * {{sealifephotos|597414}} *{{Commons category-inline}}

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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropods described in 1963 Category:Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Category:Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist)

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