Hypselodoris zebra | |
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Hypselodoris zebra | |
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. zebra |
Binomial name | |
Hypselodoris zebra (Heilprin, 1889)[1] |
Hypselodoris zebra 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 known only from Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Hypselodoris zebra is a rather large nudibranch. It has a black body with longitudinal orange lines running along the body and dorsum. Its mantle edge is usually white, sometimes dotted with black spots. The gills are a translucent colour outlined in black, and its rhinophores are completely black. There is some colour variation in this species.
This species can reach a total length of at least 180 mm. [1]
The maximum recorded length is 115 mm.[2]
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[2]