| Hypselodoris agassizii | |
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| 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. agassizii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris agassizii (Bergh, 1894)[1] |
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Hypselodoris agassizii is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
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This nudibranch is known from the Eastern Pacific Ocean from the Galapagos Islands to Mexico.
Hypselodoris agassizii has a black body flecked all over with white specks. The upper dorsum has a series of larger white spots running longitudinally. The mantle is edged with a green-yellow-green band, its gills are a transulencent gold colour tipped with black and its rhinophores are black.
This species can reach a total length of at least 100 mm.[1]