Felimare tema is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981). Accessed on 2018-12-28.
Distribution This species was described from three specimens measuring collected near Tema, Ghana in depths of . It has been reported from Senegal, Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde.
Description Felimare tema is similar in appearance to Felimare picta but with a dark blackish green background colour and with a broad orange border to the mantle, interrupted by violet areas.Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Hypselodoris picta tema Edmunds, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. DNA evidence shows it is clearly a distinct species from Felimare picta, but probably synonymous with Felimare verdensis.Rudman, W.B., 2006 (June 8) Hypselodoris picta verdensis Ortea, Valdés & García-Gómez, 1996. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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