Hypselodoris katherinae
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| Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1]
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Hypselodoris katherinae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Pulau Chebeh, off the NW tip of Tioman Island, eastern Malaysia, 2°55′59″N 104°05′55″E / 2.932983°N 104.098690°E. It is also reported from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Description
Hypselodoris katherinae has previously been confused with Hypselodoris carnea. The mantle is translucent pale pink with a series of longitudinal red-brown lines running down its length. These lines may be broken into short segments and may branch and anastomose. Small blue-purple diffuse spots are arranged at the mantle margin and may coalesce into a continuous line. The gills are white with orange lines on the rachis and the rhinophores are red to orange in colour.[1]
This species can reach a total length of 32 mm.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-26.