Hypselodoris lacteola
| Hypselodoris lacteola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. lacteola |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995[1] | |
Hypselodoris lacteola is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Description
Hypselodoris lacteola has a white body and mantle and a purple foot. It has white gills and rhinophores outlined with purple.
This species can reach a total length of at least 12 mm.[1]
References
- 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.
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