Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris People also search for Hypselodoris fucata | |
Scientific name Hypselodoris flavomarginata | ||
Hypselodoris flavomarginata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Description
Hypselodoris flavomarginata has a pink body and a wide light-yellow mantle edge. A thinner white line separates the yellow mantle from the pink body and dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white and dark-pink.
This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and feeds on sponges.
References
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