Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris krakatoa Rank Species | |
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Similar Hypselodoris, Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa, Hypselodoris zephyra, Hypselodoris whitei, Hypselodoris iacula | ||
Hypselodoris krakatoa 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 found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Papua New Guinea.
Description
Hypselodoris krakatoa has a pale brown-white body and a purplish-blue foot. There are black lines and white spots running in lines across its body and dorsum. The gills are a light-brown colour and its rhinophores are orange-white.
This species can reach a total length of at least 55 mm.
References
Hypselodoris krakatoa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA