| Hypselodoris tricolor | |
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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. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)[1] |
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Hypselodoris tricolor is a colourful species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [1]
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This nudibranch is found from the Western Mediterranean to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Hypselodoris tricolor has a blue body with white-to-orange longitudinal lines running along the body. There is also a single central white-orange line on the upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are black. There is some variation in colour between individuals.
This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidea.[1]