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Hypselodoris lacuna

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Hypselodoris lacuna
Tulamben, Bali.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. lacuna
Binomial name
Hypselodoris lacuna
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1]

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

Distribution

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This nudibranch was described from Tingloy, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines, 13°40′24″N 120°50′27″E / 13.67329°N 120.84093°E / 13.67329; 120.84093. It is reported from the western Indian Ocean of Aldabra Atoll to the western Pacific of Vanuatu, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan.

Description

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Hypselodoris lacuna has an opaque white body with round transparent patches centred with black or grey spots. At the edge of the mantle there are small blue-grey spots. The gills have orange pigment lines on the outer face. The rhinophores have orange-brown clubs and translucent bases.[1] This species can reach a total length of at least 12 mm.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris lacuna Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-25.
  3. ^ 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. 196