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Hypselodoris flavomarginata

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Hypselodoris flavomarginata
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. flavomarginata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris flavomarginata
(Rudman, 1995)[1]

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

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the southern Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris flavomarginata has a pink body and a wide light-yellow mantle edge. A thinner white line separates the yellow mantle from the pink body and dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white and dark-pink.

This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and feeds on sponges.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c [1]
  • Rudman, W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research, 16: 1-43.
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