Hypselodoris picta

Hypselodoris picta
Hypselodoris picta at a depth of 40 meters
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. picta
Binomial name
Hypselodoris picta
(Schultz in Philippi, 1836)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris picta Schultz in Philippi, 1836[1]
  • Hypselodoris edenticulata (White, 1952)
  • Hypselodoris elegans (Cantraine, 1835)
  • Hypselodoris valenciennesi (Cantraine, 1841)
  • Hypselodoris webbi (d'Orbigny, 1839)
  • Hypselodoris tema Edmunds, 1981

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

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Subspecies

Subspecies of Hypselodoris picta include:

Distribution

Hypselodoris picta lives in rocky seabeds throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean.[4]

Type locality of Hypselodoris picta is Palermo, Sicily.[1]

Description

This nudibranch grows to about 20 cm (8 inches) long and feeds on various sponges.[4]

The maximum recorded length is 64 mm.[5]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Philippi R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. Schropp, Berlin [Berolini] xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12. page 105.
  2. ^ "Hypselodoris picta (Schultz, 1836)". Seaslug forum, accessed 12 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2009). Hypselodoris picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139154 on 2010-09-11
  4. ^ a b Wright, M.; Sparrow, Giles (2003). Expert Guide: Marine Life From Tropical Reef Fist to Mighty Sharks. Brown Books Ltd. pp. 68. ISBN 1-897884-90-7. 
  5. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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