Hypselodoris bertschi
| Hypselodoris bertschi | |
|---|---|
| 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. bertschi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris bertschi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1] | |
Hypselodoris bertschi is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean.[1]
Description
Hypselodoris bertschi has a white body flecked with black-purple spots. The gills and rhinophores are translucent white, lined with orange tips and base. There has been some confusion in the naming of this species, and it is easily confused with Hypselodoris andersoni.
This species can reach a total length of at least 25 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.
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 260
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