Hypselodoris juniperae

Hypselodoris juniperae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species: H. juniperae
Binomial name
Hypselodoris juniperae
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1]

Hypselodoris juniperae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2] It has previously been confused with Hypselodoris maculosa.

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from a reef wall, west of Nosy Valiha, Îles Radama, Madagascar, 14°09′28″S 47°38′55″E / 14.157833°S 47.6485°E / -14.157833; 47.6485. It is also reported as possibly being present in Sri Lanka[3], South Africa[4] and Reunion Island[5].

Description

Hypselodoris juniperae has previously been confused with Hypselodoris maculosa. The mantle is translucent white with a series of longitudinal opaque white lines running down its length. Small dark blue spots are arranged at regular intervals between these lines and just inside the opaque white mantle margin. The gills are white with an orange band and the same colour pattern is present on the rhinophores.[1]

This species can reach a total length of only 9 mm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris juniperae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ Houben, A., 2007 (Oct 5) Hypselodoris cf. maculosa from Sri Lanka. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Ogden C. M., 2005 (Sep 28) Hypselodoris from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ↑ Bidgrain, P., 2005 (Sep 29) Variations in Hypselodoris cf maculosa from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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