Hypselodoris nigrolineata

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Hypselodoris nigrolineata

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Hypselodoris
Species:	H. nigrolineata
Binomial name
*Hypselodoris nigrolineata* (Eliot, 1904)^[1] & synonyms_ref= ^[2]
Synonyms
Chromodoris nigrolineata Eliot, 1904 (basionym)

Hypselodoris nigrolineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

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This nudibranch is found in the Indian Ocean off Kenya and Tanzania.^[4]^[5]

Description

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Hypselodoris nigrolineata has a white-cream body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are often black striated lines running longitudinally along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange.^[6] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maritima.^[4]^[7]^[8]

References

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^ Eliot, C.N.E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar, part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1904:1:380.
^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904). Accessed on 2019-01-18.
^ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479]
^ ^a ^b Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 1) Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397.
^ Rudman W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 183-241. page(s): 236
^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 266
^ 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. 192

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