Hypselodoris zebrina

Hypselodoris zebrina
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. zebrina
Binomial name
Hypselodoris zebrina
(Alder & Hancock, 1864)[1]

Hypselodoris zebrina is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. After initially being described from south-eastern India in 1864, this species was not seen again until 2002, nearly 150 years later.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean from India to Thailand.[2]

Description

Hypselodoris zebrina has a white body which has purple dots running longitudinally beneath its mantle. The mantle edge is often yellow. On the dorsum there are purple lines and yellow dots. The gills and rhinophores are white, outlined in red.

This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1864) Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq., with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 5: 113-147.
  2. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 10) Hypselodoris zebrina (Alder & Hancock, 1864). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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