Hypselodoris zephyra

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Hypselodoris zephyra
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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. zephyra
Binomial name
Hypselodoris zephyra
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999 [1]

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

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Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Madang, Papua New Guinea. It is found in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. [3]

Description

Hypselodoris zephyra has a white body with black striated lines running all over the body and upper dorsum. The mantle and foot have a purple marginal line. The gills and rhinophores are orange-red with white tips. This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm (0.79 in) and feeds on blue sponges from the genus Dysidea . It is similar in colour pattern to Hypselodoris nigrostriata . [4]

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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 zephyra Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999. Accessed on 2019-01-18
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 21) Hypselodoris zephyra Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. 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. 192