Hypselodoris infucata

Hypselodoris infucata
A mating pair of Hypselodoris infucata
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. infucata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris infucata
(Ruppell & Leuckart, 1830) [the date on this is also sometimes quoted as either 1831 or 1828]

Hypselodoris infucata is a species of colorful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

This species eats sponges.

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific and in the Mediterranean.[1]

References

  1. ^ [1] Hypselodoris infucata (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1830 or 1831). Sea Slug Forum, accessed 11 February 2009.

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