Hypselodoris nigrostriata | |
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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. nigrostriata |
Binomial name | |
Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania to the Red Sea. [3]
Hypselodoris nigrostriata has a yellow body with black striated lines running all over the body and upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange-red. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and feeds on blue sponges from the genus Dysidea . [3] [4] [5] [6] It has a similar colour pattern to Hypselodoris zephyra from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean. [7]
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