Hypselodoris alburtuqali
Hypselodoris alburtuqali is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
| Hypselodoris alburtuqali | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. alburtuqali |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris alburtuqali Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1] | |
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Abulad Island, Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. It is known only from the Red Sea.
Description
Hypselodoris alburtuqali has a translucent pink to white body with a series of brilliant white longitudinal lines running along its body and upper dorsum. Between the lines at regular intervals there are lines of regularly spaced dark brown spots, with similar slightly larger spots merging with the white line at the edge of the mantle. There is an orange margin to the mantle at the front and back and an orange margin to the tail. The gills have translucent bases and orange pigment at the tips and sides. The rhinophores are opaque white, with two bands of orange.[1][3]
This species can reach a total length of at least 30 mm.[1]
References
- Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
- MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris alburtuqali Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed on 2018-09-19.
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition (1 Nov. 2018) 452 pp. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 184