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| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
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| classis = [[Gastropod]]a |
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| unranked_ordo= clade [[Heterobranchia]]<br /> |
| unranked_ordo= clade [[Heterobranchia]]<br />clade [[Euthyneura]]<br />clade [[Nudipleura]]<br />clade [[Nudibranchia]] |
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| superfamilia = [[Doridoidea]] |
| superfamilia = [[Doridoidea]] |
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| familia = [[Chromodorididae]] |
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'''''Hypselodoris babai''''' is a [[species]] of colourful sea [[slug]] or dorid [[nudibranch]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine |
'''''Hypselodoris babai''''' is a [[species]] of colourful sea [[slug]] or dorid [[nudibranch]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Chromodorididae]].<ref name="forum"></ref> |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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This nudibranch is found in the [[Pacific|Western Pacific Ocean]] from Australia to [[Okinawa]]. |
This nudibranch is found in the [[Pacific|Western Pacific Ocean]] from Australia to [[Okinawa]]. |
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| Hypselodoris babai Gosliner & Behrens, 2000[1]
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Hypselodoris babai is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to Okinawa.
Description
Hypselodoris babai has a bright orange body with a white lined mantle and foot. It has white spots on its dorsum and body. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[1]
References
- Gosliner, T.M. & D.W. Behrens (2000) Two new species of Chromodorididae Mollusca: Nudibranchia from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933). Proc. California Academy of Sciences, 52(10): 111-124, 7 figs.
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