Hypselodoris shimodaensis
Hypselodoris shimodaensis is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. shimodaensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Distribution
This species is known from Japan.
Description
Hypselodoris shimodaensis has a pale pink-purple mantle and body with a white line down the middle of the back and a white margin to the mantle. The mid-dorsal line stops between the rhinophores at the front and encircles the gill pocket at the back. There is a white line along the top of the foot which extends behind the mantle. The rhinophore clubs are orange with purple bases and the outer two-thirds of the gill leaves are orange.[3]
References
- Baba, K. 1994. Descriptions of four new, rare, or unrecorded species of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia:Chromodorididae) from Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 53(3):175-187
- MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris shimodaensis Baba, 1994. Accessed on 2019-01-21.
- Hypselodoris shimodaensis. Seaslug World, accessed 2012-01-21.
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