Hypselodoris babai

Hypselodoris babai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species: H. babai
Binomial name
Hypselodoris babai
Gosliner & Behrens, 2000[1]

Hypselodoris babai is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Seragaki, Okinawa, Japan. It has been reported from the Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to Okinawa.[2]

Description

Hypselodoris babai has a bright orange body with a white lined mantle and foot. It has white spots on its dorsum and body. The gills and rhinophores are orange.

This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[2]

References

  1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. 2000. Two new species of Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 52(10): 111-124, page
  2. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 14) Hypselodoris babai Gosliner & Behrens, 2000. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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