Hypselodoris maritima
| Hypselodoris maritima | |
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| Hypselodoris maritima | |
| 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. maritima |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949)[1] | |
Hypselodoris maritima is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from New Caledonia to Japan.
Description
Hypselodoris maritima has a white body with a yellow and blue mantle edge and foot. There are black striated lines present on the upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris nigrolineata[1]
References
- Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 183-241.
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