Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Scientific name Hypselodoris zebrina | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Hypselodoris Rank Species | |
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Hypselodoris zebrina is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. After initially being described from south-eastern India in 1864, this species was not seen again until 2002, nearly 150 years later.
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Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean from India to Thailand.
Description
Hypselodoris zebrina has a white body which has purple dots running longitudinally beneath its mantle. The mantle edge is often yellow. On the dorsum there are purple lines and yellow dots. The gills and rhinophores are white, outlined in red.
This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.
References
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