| Hypselodoris dollfusi | |
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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. dollfusi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933)[1] |
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Hypselodoris dollfusi is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. After being described initially in 1933 by Pruvot-Fol, this species was not seen again until its rediscovery in 2000.[2]
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This nudibranch is found in the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Northern Indian Ocean.
Hypselodoris dollfusi has a white body and a yellow edged mantle. There are very prominent red-ringed purple spots on its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with red. There are slight colour variations among individuals in this species.
This nudibranch can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.[1]