Hypselodoris acriba | |
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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. acriba |
Binomial name | |
Hypselodoris acriba Marcus & Marcus, 1967[1] |
Hypselodoris acriba is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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This nudibranch is known only from the Caribbean.
Hypselodoris acriba has a blue body which is covered in a yellow-gold flecked pattern with black spots. The rhinophores are purple-blue and the deeply indented mantle and gills are a gold-brown colour.
The maximum recorded length is 60 mm.[3]
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m.[3]