Hypselodoris maritima

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

Hypselodoris maritima
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. maritima
Binomial name
Hypselodoris maritima
(Baba, 1949)[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from New Caledonia to Japan.[3]

Description

Hypselodoris maritima has a white body with a yellow and blue mantle edge and foot. There are black striated lines present on the upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with orange.[4] This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris nigrolineata[3][5]

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References
  1. Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949). Accessed on 2019-01-18
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (June 19) Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 183-241.
  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 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 192
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