Hypselodoris kanga
| Hypselodoris kanga | |
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| Hypselodoris kanga | |
| 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. kanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris kanga (Rudman, 1977)[1] | |
Hypselodoris kanga 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 Indian Ocean and the seas around Hong Kong.
Description
Hypselodoris kanga has a light blue-grey body covered in black and yellow spots. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 70 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Dysidea.[1]
References
- Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61: 351-397.
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