Hypselodoris infucata
| Hypselodoris infucata | |
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| Mating pair | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. infucata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)[1][Note 1] | |
Hypselodoris infucata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
This species eats sponges.
This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.[2] The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[3]
Notes
- ↑ The date on this is also sometimes quoted as either 1830 or 1828.
References
- ↑ Manuel Caballer, & Serge Gofas (2012). "Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ↑ Hypselodoris infucata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1830 or 1831). Sea Slug Forum, accessed 11 February 2009. Archived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
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