Hypselodoris bullockii
| Hypselodoris bullockii | |
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| Hypselodoris bullockii from Bima bay (Sumbawa, Indonesia) | |
| 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. bullockii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hypselodoris bullockii is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Hypselodoris bullockii is quite variable in color. Hypselodoris apolegma, which looks similar to this species (and distinguished by a reticulate pattern gradually merging in to the pinkish purple [3]), and was assumed to be possibly a different color form of H. bullockii.[3] However, recent phylogenetic data confirm the distinction of the two species, and suggest a sister species relationship between them.[4]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean.[5]
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Two very pale Hypselodoris bullockii of different sizes
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A pale purple Hypselodoris bullockii
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Hypselodoris bullockii, the dark purple color form, in a strong water current
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A very pale purple Hypselodoris bullockii
References
- ↑ Collingwood, C. 1881. On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2, 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10.
- 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Hypselodoris bullockii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560043 on 2012-06-11
- 1 2 Hypselodoris apolegma (Yonow, 2001). Sea Slug Forum. Accessed 10 February 2009
- ↑ 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(4): e33479
- ↑ Hypselodoris bullocki (Collingwood, 1881) - Page 1 Sea Slug Forum. Accessed 10 February 2009
- Rudman W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research 16: 1-43. page(s): 41
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 116
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 267
- 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(4): e33479.
- Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012],
External links
- Slugsite
- Hypselodoris bullocki at nudipixel
- Colour variations of 'Hypselodoris bullocki' at uw-critters
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