Hypselodoris babai
| Hypselodoris babai | |
|---|---|
| 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. babai |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris babai Gosliner & Behrens, 2000[1] | |
Hypselodoris babai is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
Distribution
This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to Okinawa.
Description
Hypselodoris babai has a bright orange body with a white lined mantle and foot. It has white spots on its dorsum and body. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[1]
References
- Gosliner, T.M. & D.W. Behrens (2000) Two new species of Chromodorididae Mollusca: Nudibranchia from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a redescription of Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933). Proc. California Academy of Sciences, 52(10): 111-124, 7 figs.