Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris | |
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Scientific name Hypselodoris violabranchia People also search for Hypselodoris insulana | ||
Hypselodoris violabranchia 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 the Hawaiian islands in the central Pacific Ocean.
Description
Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorusm. The gills and rhinophores are purple or pink.
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.
References
Hypselodoris violabranchia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA