Hypselodoris maridadilus
| Hypselodoris maridadilus | |
|---|---|
| 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. maridadilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977[1] | |
Hypselodoris maridadilus is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. It feeds on sponges.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from South Africa to the Red Sea.[1]
Description
Hypselodoris maridadilus has a yellow body with purple longitudinal lines, and a purple bordered mantle. The gills and rhinophores are bright orange. It is very similar in appearance to Hypselodoris whitei which differs slightly in having white-tipped rhinophores and gills.
This species can reach a total length of at least 30 mm.
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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