Hypselodoris carnea

Hypselodoris carnea is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Hypselodoris carnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. carnea
Binomial name
Hypselodoris carnea
(Bergh, 1889)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris carnea Bergh, 1889 (basionym)

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Île aux Fouquets, Grand Port, Mauritius. It is frequently reported from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast but these animals differ considerably from the original description.[4][5]

Description

Hypselodoris carnea has a flesh-red mantle with six (rarely five) longitudinal white lines, white spots and carmine spots between the lines. The edge of the mantle is yellow-red. It was described as reaching a total length of 22 mm alive. There is wide range of colour variation reported for this species and South African animals have many white lines instead of six, suggesting a species complex. It is said to be easily mistaken for Hypselodoris capensis[6] and perhaps species of the Hypselodoris maculosa complex.[7] It feeds on sponges.

References
  1. Bergh, L. S. R. (1889). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In C. Semper ed., Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Kreidel, Wiesbaden. Theil 3, Heft 16. Pages 815–872 pls 82–84, Chromodoris carnea, p. 836,pl. LXXXIII, fig. 20-29.
  2. Caballer, M. (2011). Hypselodoris carnea (Bergh, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-28
  3. 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]
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 10) Hypselodoris carnea (Bergh, 1889). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 130
  6. 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): 261
  7. Bidgrain, P., 2018. Variability in Hypselodoris maculosa Sea Slugs of the Indian Ocean, accessed 2012-01-16.
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