Hypselodoris kaname
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. kaname
Binomial name
Hypselodoris kaname
Baba, 1995[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypselodoris koumacensis Rudman, 1995[2]

Hypselodoris kaname is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[3]

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to New Zealand.[4]

Description

Hypselodoris kaname has a creamy-white body and a yellow-edged mantle. There are longitudinal red lines and spots all over the body, and purplish spots on the upper dorsum at the anterior end. The gills and rhinophores are bright red. This species can reach a total length of at least 45 mm.[5] It has been observed feeding on grey sponges from the genus Dysidea.[6]

References

  1. ^ Baba, K. (1995) Descriptions of four new rare or unrecorded species of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from Japan. Venus (Jap. Journ. Malac), 53(3): 175-187
  2. ^ Rudman, W. B. (1995). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research. 16: 1-43, page 34
  3. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994. Accessed on 2019-01-17
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 3) Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 188
  6. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Jun 22). Comment on Hypselodoris kaname from Nth Sulawesi by Sergey Parinov. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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