Hypselodoris bollandi
Hypselodoris bollandi is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
| Hypselodoris bollandi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. bollandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris bollandi | |
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Okinawa.
Description
Hypselodoris bollandi has a white body which is covered all over in tiny yellow dots. Its mantle edge is black-blue and dark spots are sometimes present on its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, outlined with red. There is some colour variation in this species
This nudibranch can reach a total length of at least 30 mm.[1]
References
- Rudman, W.B. (2001). "Hypselodoris bollandi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999". Sea Slug Forum. Sydney: Australian Museum.
- Gosliner, Terrence M.; Johnson, Rebecca 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): 19–22. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00586.x.
Further reading
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 260
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