Hypselodoris kanga
| Hypselodoris kanga | |
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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. kanga |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris kanga (Rudman, 1977)[1] | |
Hypselodoris kanga is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is reported throughout the Indian Ocean and from the seas around Hong Kong.[2]
Description
Hypselodoris kanga has a blue-grey body covered in black and yellow spots. There are black spots bordered by blue at the mantle edge. The rhinophores are red and the rhinophore stalks deep blue. The gills are triangular in cross section and the gill pinnules are white. The inner edge of each gill is reddish orange in the upper quarter, deep blue in the mid region and white in the basal quarter. The smooth outer side of each gill is orange-red in the upper quarter and the rest has a background colour of light blue with a row of large yellow spots. The two outer corners of each gill are bordered with red at the tip becoming dark blue at the base.
This species can reach a total length of at least 70 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Dysidea.[2]
References
- ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61: 351-397.
- 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 8) Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.