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Hypselodoris emma

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Hypselodoris emma
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. emma
Binomial name
Hypselodoris emma
(Rudman, 1977)[1]

Hypselodoris emma is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found throughout the tropical Indo Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris emma has a pale-yellow body and a purplish-blue mantle edge and foot. There are typically three purple lines running longitudinally down the length of the dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are reddish brown.

This species is outwardly very similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maridadilus and Hypselodoris whitei.[1][2]

Hypselodoris emma can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidia.

References

  1. ^ a b c [1]
  2. ^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21193
  • Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397.


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