Hypselodoris nigrolineata

Hypselodoris nigrolineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Hypselodoris nigrolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. nigrolineata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris nigrolineata
(Eliot, 1904)[1] & synonyms_ref= [2]
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris nigrolineata Eliot, 1904 (basionym)

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Indian Ocean off Kenya and Tanzania.[4][5]

Description

Hypselodoris nigrolineata has a white-cream body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are often black striated lines running longitudinally along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange.[6] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maritima.[4][7][8]

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References
  1. Eliot, C.N.E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar, part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1904:1:380.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904). Accessed on 2019-01-18.
  3. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479]
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 1) Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397.
  6. 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. page(s): 236
  7. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 266
  8. 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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