Hypselodoris shimodaensis

Hypselodoris shimodaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. shimodaensis
Binomial name
Hypselodoris shimodaensis
Baba, 1994[1]

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

Distribution

This species is known from Japan.

Description

Hypselodoris shimodaensis has a pale pink-purple mantle and body with a white line down the middle of the back and a white margin to the mantle. The mid-dorsal line stops between the rhinophores at the front and encircles the gill pocket at the back. There is a white line along the top of the foot which extends behind the mantle. The rhinophore clubs are orange with purple bases and the outer two-thirds of the gill leaves are orange.[3]

References

  1. ^ Baba, K. 1994. Descriptions of four new, rare, or unrecorded species of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia:Chromodorididae) from Japan. Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology 53(3):175-187
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris shimodaensis Baba, 1994. Accessed on 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ Hypselodoris shimodaensis. Seaslug World, accessed 2012-01-21.