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Hypselodoris bullockii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Genus
  
Hypselodoris

Higher classification
  
Hypselodoris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Chromodorididae

Scientific name
  
Hypselodoris bullockii

Rank
  
Species

Hypselodoris bullockii hypselodoris bullocki Reunion island Indian Ocean

Similar
  
Nudibranch, Hypselodoris, Chromodoris, Molluscs, Hypselodoris apolegma

Hypselodoris bullockii is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

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Hypselodoris bullockii is quite variable in color. Hypselodoris apolegma, which looks similar to this species (and distinguished by a reticulate pattern gradually merging in to the pinkish purple ), and was assumed to be possibly a different color form of H. bullockii. However, recent phylogenetic data confirm the distinction of the two species, and suggest a sister species relationship between them.

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Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean and the eastern Indian Ocean.

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References

Hypselodoris bullockii Wikipedia