Hypselodoris picta | |
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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] |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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 of Hypselodoris picta include:
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]
This nudibranch grows to about 20 cm (8 inches) long and feeds on various sponges.[4]
The maximum recorded length is 64 mm.[5]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 55 m.[5]