Hypselodoris nigrostriata

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Hypselodoris nigrostriata
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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
  • Chromodoris nigrostriata Eliot, 1904 (basionym)

Hypselodoris nigrostriata 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 Western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania to the Red Sea. [3]

Description

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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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, p. 394
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904). Accessed on 2019-01-18
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (March 21) Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397
  5. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 189
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 124
  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