giant doris
Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
- Name authority
- (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
- Common name
- giant doris
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Felimare
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- subclassHeterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- infraclassEuthyneura Spengel, 1881
- subterclassRingipleura
- superorderNudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
- infraorderDoridoidei
- superfamilyChromodoridoidea Bergh, 1891
- familyChromodorididae Bergh, 1891
- subfamilyMiamirinae Bergh, 1891
- genusFelimare Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- speciesFelimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Felimare. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare amalguae (Gosliner & Bertsch, 1988) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare aurantimaculata Ortigosa, Pola & Cervera, 2017 | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| double-lined sea slugFelimare bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare espinosai (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare fortunensis (Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare fregona (Ortea & Caballer, 2013) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare gasconi (Ortea, 1996) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare gofasi (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare lalique (Ortea & Caballer, 2013) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & A. J. Ferreira, 1974) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Á. Valdés, 2006) | ChromodorididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3DXR9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.