| California blue doris Hypselodoris californiensis |
|
|---|---|
| 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. californiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris californiensis (Bergh, 1879)[1] |
|
The California blue dorid, Hypselodoris californiensis, is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
This nudibranch is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean along the Californian coast from Monterey Bay to the Baja California.[1]