Hypselodoris lacteola

Hypselodoris lacteola
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. lacteola
Binomial name
Hypselodoris lacteola
Rudman, 1995[1]

Hypselodoris lacteola is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the Southern Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris lacteola has a white body and mantle and a purple foot. It has white gills and rhinophores outlined with purple.

This species can reach a total length of at least 12 mm.[1]

References

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  • Rudman, W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research, 16: 1-43.


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