Hypselodoris maculosa

Hypselodoris maculosa
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. maculosa
Binomial name
Hypselodoris maculosa
(Pease, 1871)[1]

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

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris maculosa has a white and red body with white spots and lines on its dorsum. Its anterior end is often light-purple in colour and the gills and rhinophores are white, lined with red bands. There is a large range of colour variation between individuals of this species.

This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1871). "Descriptions of new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia". American Journal of Conchology 7(1): 11-19, Pls. 3-9.
  2. ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hypmacu
  3. ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20944
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