Hypselodoris insulana

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

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

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Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Midway and Kure Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. [2]

Description

Hypselodoris insulana has an off-white or brown coloured body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are white longitudinal lines on its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with orange bands. [2] This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm (2.0 in). [3]

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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. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) Hypselodoris insulana 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. 452 pp. ISBN   1878348671, ISBN   978-1878348678, p. 186
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