Hypselodoris kaname
| Hypselodoris kaname | |
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| 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. kaname |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994[1] | |
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Hypselodoris kaname is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to New Zealand.
Description
Hypselodoris kaname has a creamy-white body and a yellow edged mantle. There are longitudinal red lines and spots all over the body, and purplish spots on the upper dorsum at the anterior end. The gills and rhinophores are bright red.
This species can reach a total length of at least 30 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Dysidea.[2]
References
- Baba, K. (1995) Descriptions of four new rare or unrecorded species of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from Japan. Venus (Jap. Journ. Malac), 53(3): 175-187.
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