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Hypselodoris violabranchia

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Hypselodoris violabranchia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. violabranchia
Binomial name
Hypselodoris violabranchia
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]

Hypselodoris violabranchia is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This nudibranch is known from the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.[3]

Description

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Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are purple or pink.

This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Gosliner, T. M.; Johnson, R. F. (1999). Phylogeny of the monophyletic genus Hypselodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125, 1-114.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999. Accessed on 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.