Hypselodoris violabranchia

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

Hypselodoris violabranchia 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 known from the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. [3]

Description

Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are purple or pink.

This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. [3]

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References

  1. Gosliner, T. M.; Johnson, R. F. (1999). Phylogeny of the monophyletic genus Hypselodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125, 1-114.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999. Accessed on 2019-01-21.
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.