Hypselodoris alboterminata

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

Hypselodoris alboterminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. alboterminata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris alboterminata
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]

Distribution

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

Description

Hypselodoris alboterminata has a yellow to white body with 2 to 3 pinkish-purple longitudinal lines running along its body and upper dorsum. The anterior and posterior ends of the mantle are marked with white spots. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with red bands or stripes.[2][3]

This species can reach a total length of at least 15 mm.[2]

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References
  1. 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.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) Hypselodoris alboterminata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition (1 Nov. 2018) 452 pp. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 185


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