Hypselodoris lacteola

Hypselodoris lacteola is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Hypselodoris lacteola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. lacteola
Binomial name
Hypselodoris lacteola
Rudman, 1995[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the Southern Pacific Ocean.[3]

Description

Hypselodoris lacteola has a white body and mantle and a purple tip to the foot. It has white gills and rhinophores outlined with purple. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm (1.6 in).[4][5]

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References
  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.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995. Accessed on 2019-01-17
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 1) Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Hervé J.F., 2010. Guide des Nudibranches de Nouvelle Calédonie et autres Opisthobranches. 405pp. Éditions Catherine Ledru, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie, p. 273.
  5. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 196
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