Hypselodoris infucata

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Hypselodoris infucata
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Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. infucata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris infucata

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

Contents

This species eats sponges.

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from the Red Sea. It is found from the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean eastwards as far as the Hawaiian islands, throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific. [3] The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal. [4]

Description

Hypselodoris infucata has a translucent white body pigmented on the surface with blotches of grey-blue, large yellow spots and small black spots. The gills are white with a single line of red pigment on the outer surfaces. The rhinophores are opaque white, with red edges to the lamellae and a red line at the front of the club. This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm. It is distinguished from the similar species Hypselodoris kanga , Hypselodoris roo and Hypselodoris confetti most easily by the fact that they all have gills which have an outer face which has two edges, forming a triangle. [5] [6] [7]

Notes

  1. The date on this is also sometimes quoted as either 1830 or 1828.

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References

  1. Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. (1828-1830). Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt, H.L. Brönner pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830], available online at page(s): 34, Plate 10, Figure 3
  2. Manuel Caballer, & Serge Gofas (2012). "Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  3. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 28) Hypselodoris infucata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1830 or 1831). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 28) Hypselodoris infucata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1830 or 1831). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Bolland, R., 2018 Hypselodoris infucata The Okinawa Slug Site accessed 2018-10-25.
  7. 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. 190