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Hypselodoris violabranchia

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Hypselodoris violabranchia
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H. violabranchia
Binomial name
Hypselodoris violabranchia
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]

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

Distribution

This nudibranch is known from the Hawaiian islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorusm. The gills and rhinophores are purple or pink.

This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.[1]

References

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  • Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.