# Felimida sphoni

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felimida_sphoni
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Felimida_sphoni.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felimida_sphoni
> Source revision: 1292705815
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Felimida sphoni.jpg
| image_caption = 
| genus = Felimida
| species = sphoni
| authority = [Ev. Marcus](/source/Eveline_Du_Bois-Reymond_Marcus), 1971<ref>Marcus Ev. (1971). "ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS". ''[Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Malacological_Society_of_London)'' '''39'''(5): 355–369. page 355. {{doi|10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115}}.</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = ''Chromodoris sphoni'' <small>(Ev. Marcus, 1971)</small>
}}

'''''Felimida sphoni''''' is a [species](/source/species) of colorful [sea slug](/source/sea_slug) and a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the family [Chromodorididae](/source/Chromodorididae).<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Felimida sphoni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558459 on 2012-05-10</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> It was first described by [Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus](/source/Eveline_Du_Bois-Reymond_Marcus) in 1971, when she introduced it as a [type species](/source/type_species) for her proposal of the genus [Felimida](/source/Felimida).<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>

==Description==
''F. sphoni'' has a red or dark purple body with orange spots, as well as four regions — two at the front of the body and two at the back — that are an off-white or light green color. In some specimens, the dark-colored body lightens to white, retaining the orange spots and stripes. Its [rhinophores](/source/Rhinophore) and [gills](/source/Gill) are white with purple tips. The body reaches a length of about 35 to 40 mm.<ref name=":0" />

==Distribution==
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the [Galapagos Islands](/source/Galapagos_Islands) and in the [Gulf of California](/source/Gulf_of_California), Western Mexico, as well as off the western coasts of [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica), [Panama](/source/Panama), and [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galapagos Species Database |url=https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11654 |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=CDF dataZone |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name ''sphoni'' refers to the [malacologist](/source/Malacology) Gale Sphon (1934-1995) who collected the mollusk off the coast of Mexico while working for the [Los Angeles County Museum](/source/Natural_History_Museum_of_Los_Angeles_County). Sphon sent five specimens to [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo), where [Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus](/source/Eveline_Du_Bois-Reymond_Marcus) described and named the species in 1971.<ref name=":0" /> In the same paper, Marcus described ''[Doris tanya](/source/Doris_tanya),'' a similar species that she named after Sphon's cat, Tanya.<ref name=":1">{{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> 

Other species named after Sphon include ''[Neotiara sphoni](/source/Neotiara_sphoni)'', ''[Olivella sphoni](/source/Olivella_sphoni)'', and ''[Felimida galexorum](/source/Felimida_galexorum)'', the latter being a portmanteau of Sphon and underwater photographer Alex Kerstitch's names, both frequent collaborators of Marcus.<ref name=":1" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* 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
* Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world''. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 179
* Behrens D.W., Gosliner T.M. & Hermosillo A. (2009) ''A new species of dorid nudibranch (Mollusca) from the Revillagigedo Islands of the Mexican Pacific''. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 60(11): 423-429.

{{Taxonbar|from=Q3742279}}

Category:Chromodorididae
Category:Gastropods described in 1971
Category:Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus

{{chromodorididae-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Felimida sphoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felimida_sphoni) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felimida_sphoni?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.