Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris reidi | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris Rank Species | |
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Similar Hypselodoris krakatoa, Hypselodoris iacula, Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa | ||
Hypselodoris reidi 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 to range from Luzon in the Philippines to Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Description
Hypselodoris reidi has a cream-to-white body with white raised spots covering its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are a pale straw-yellow colour. There are sometimes pale-purple or brown colourations on the body.
This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.
References
Hypselodoris reidi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA