Hypselodoris apolegma

Hypselodoris apolegma
	Hypselodoris apolegma at Bima bay, Indonesia
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. apolegma
Binomial name
	Hypselodoris apolegma; (Yonow, 2001)
Synonyms
	Risbecia apolegma Yonow, 2001

Hypselodoris apolegma is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Recent phylogenetic data confirm the validity of the species and suggest a sister species relationship between Hypselodoris apolegma and Hypselodoris bullockii.^[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b http://www.seaslugforum.net/hypsapol.htm
^ 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

Yonow, N. 2001. Part 11. Doridacea of the families Chromodorididae and Hexabranchidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia), including additional Moluccan material. [In] Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Zoologische Medelingen. Leiden, 75: (1-15) : 3-50

Pair of H. apolegma at Batu Moncho (near Komodo, Indonesia)
Hypselodoris apolegma

[forum-1] ttp://www.seaslugforum.net/hypsapol.htm

[2] 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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