‘Felimida’ ghanensis (Edmunds, 1968) [Glossodoris]

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Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura  Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia  Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Euctenidiacea  Tardy, 1970
Infraorder: Doridacea  Thiele, 1931
Superfamily: Doridoidea  Rafinesque, 1815
Family: Chromodorididae  Bergh, 1891
Genus: ‘Felimida’  Marcus 1971
Species: ‘Felimida’ ghanensis (Edmunds, 1968) [Glossodoris]

formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA

have a look at:
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). 
"Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". 
Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. 
ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. 

Originally posted at these websites as 
Glossodoris edmundsi Cervera, García-Gómez, & Ortea, 1989
according to 
http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139145
and
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182800
and
http://www.seaslugforum.net/message/10008
is this a junior synonym of Glossodoris ghanensis  Edmunds, 1968.
I follow 
Rebecca Fay Johnson & Terrence M. Gosliner. 2012. 
Traditional Taxonomic Groupings Mask Evolutionary History: 
A Molecular Phylogeny and New Classification of the Chromodorid Nudibranchs. completely online at
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479
and move Glossodoris ghanensis to the provisional genus ‘Felimida’  Marcus 1971.

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