title: Felimare kempfi
text: # Felimare kempfi
  
  Felimare kempfi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  This species has previously been placed in the genera Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855 and Mexichromis Bertsch, 1977. It was recently transferred to Felimare by Johnson & Gosliner in 2012.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Distribution of Felimare kempfi includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Panama.
  
  ## Description
  
  The body is elongate, narrow, with the posterior portion of foot extending slightly beyond the mantle margin. Background color is bright blue with a thick yellow line around the mantle margin. There is a central white line and a series of large black and white spots extend down the dorsum. Rhinophores and gills are blue, branchial leaves are with black rachises. It is up to 20 mm long.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Minimum recorded depth is 6 m. Maximum recorded depth is 37 m.
  
  