Hypselodoris fucata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Hypselodoris |
Species: | H. fucata
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Binomial name | |
Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]
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Hypselodoris fucata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
This nudibranch is known from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.[2]
Hypselodoris fucata has a white body and a purple-blue mantle edge and foot. There is also often a yellow line on the very edge of the mantle. The body and dorsum have red-brown striations running longitudinally. The gills are white, lined with orange and the rhinophores are a bright orange colour.[3][4] This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm. It is similar in colour pattern to Hypselodoris kaname and Hypselodoris paulinae.[2]