Hypselodoris nigrolineata
| Hypselodoris nigrolineata | |
|---|---|
| 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. nigrolineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904)[1] & synonyms_ref= [2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chromodoris nigrolineata Eliot, 1904 (basionym) | |
Hypselodoris nigrolineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Indian Ocean off Kenya and Tanzania.
Description
Hypselodoris nigrolineata has a white-cream body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are often black striated lines running longitudinally along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maritima.[1]
References
- 1 2
- 1 2 Caballer, M. (2012). Hypselodoris nigrolineata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209602 on 2012-05-28
- Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397.
- Rudman W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 183-241. page(s): 236
- 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): 266
- Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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