Hypselodoris paulinae

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

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

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Hawaiian islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

Description

Hypselodoris paulinae has a white-cream body which is covered all over with red-brown spots and lines. The gills and rhinophores are also white, lined with red.

This species can reach a total length of at least 60 mm.[1]

References

  • Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.


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