| Hypselodoris nigrolineata | |
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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. nigrolineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904)[1] |
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Hypselodoris nigrolineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [1]
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This nudibranch is found in the Indian Ocean.
Hypselodoris nigrolineata has a white-cream body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are often black striated lines running longitudinally along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maritima.[1]