Hypselodoris whitei
| Hypselodoris whitei | |
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| Hypselodoris whitei | |
| 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. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris whitei (Adams & Reeve, 1850) | |
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Hypselodoris whitei is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Tropical Western Pacific from Australia to Hawaii.
Description
Hypselodoris whitei has a yellow body with purple longitudinal lines, and a purple bordered mantle. The gills and rhinophores are bright orange tipped with white. It is very similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maridadilus but that species lacks the white-tipped rhinophores and gills.
This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and feeds on sponges.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Hypselodoris whitei (Adams & Reeve, 1850)". Sea Slug Forum, accessed 15 December 2010.
Further reading
- 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): 1-114. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00586.x.
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