Hypselodoris krakatoa
| Hypselodoris krakatoa | |
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| Hypselodoris krakatoa | |
| 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. krakatoa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris krakatoa Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1] | |
Hypselodoris krakatoa 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 Papua New Guinea.
Description
Hypselodoris krakatoa has a pale brown-white body and a purplish-blue foot. There are black lines and white spots running in lines across its body and dorsum. The gills are a light-brown colour and its rhinophores are orange-white.
This species can reach a total length of at least 55 mm.[1]
References
- Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.
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