Rudmania fentoni
| Rudmania fentoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Rudmania |
| Species: | R. fentoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Rudmania fentoni | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rudmania fentoni is a dull coloured species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
Distribution
This species was described from three specimens collected off Pinellas County, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, 28°10′16″N 83°00′07″W / 28.1710°N 83.00200°W.[4]
Description
Rudmania fentoni has a translucent white background colour heavily flecked with dull red-brown and with small yellow spots with orange centres concentrated towards the edge of the mantle. There is a very thin orange-yellow submarginal line around the mantle.[5]
Ecology
The specimens were collected feeding on the sponge Igernella notabilis.
References
- ↑ Valdés Á., Gatdula U., Sheridan N. & Herrera J. (2011) Multi-data set revision of two uncommon species of Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia) from the Gulf of Mexico. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 51-62.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2025). Rudmania fentoni (Valdés, Gatdula, Sheridan & Herrera, 2011). Accessed on 2026-04-19.
- ↑ De Oliveira, J. P. G.; Henryco, B.; Ardila, N. E.; Schrödl, M.; Padula, V. (2025). 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.).
- ↑ Sheridan, N. (2011) Chromodoris fentoni In: Miller, M. ed. (2015) The Slug Site.
- ↑ "Chromodoris fentoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.