Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris fucata | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris Rank Species | |
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Hypselodoris fucata 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 from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Description
Hypselodoris fucata has a white body and a purple-blue mantle edge and foot. There is also often a yellow line on the very edge of the mantle. The body and dorsum have red-brown striations running longitudinally. The gills are white, lined with orange and the rhinophores are a bright orange colour.
This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.
References
Hypselodoris fucata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA