Hypselodoris maculosa
| Hypselodoris maculosa | |
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| 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. maculosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris maculosa (Pease, 1871)[1] | |
Hypselodoris maculosa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Description
Hypselodoris maculosa has a white and red body with white spots and lines on its dorsum. Its anterior end is often light-purple in colour and the gills and rhinophores are white, lined with red bands. There is a large range of colour variation between individuals of this species.
This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[3]
References
- ↑ Pease, W.H. (1871). "Descriptions of new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia". American Journal of Conchology 7(1): 11-19, Pls. 3-9.
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hypmacu
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20944
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