Hypselodoris tryoni
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| Hypselodoris tryoni | |
| 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. tryoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris tryoni (Garrett, 1873)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hypselodoris tryoni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to the Philippines.[1]
Description
Hypselodoris tryoni has a brown body and white foot. The body and upper dorsum are covered in purple spots ringed with white or light-brown. The gills are typically translucent white or light-brown and the rhinophores are brown to dark-brown and covered in circular white lines. It has a thin blue or purple line on the mantle edge. There is some colour variation between individuals.
Hypselodoris tryoni is similar in appearance to Chromodoris kuniei and Chromodoris leopardus, although lacks the wide purple mantle edge line present in those species.
Sea slugs such as Hypselodoris tyroni, are known to exhibit trailing behaviour where up to four animals will follow one another very closely, often touching. It is not known what causes this behaviour.[3]
Hypselodoris tryoni reaches at least 60 mm in length.
Ecology
Like many slugs in the family Chromodorididae, Risbecia tyroni feeds on sponges and have been seen feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidea. When feeding they are sometimes accompanied by a species of shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, in an apparent form of commensalism.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=risbtryo
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caballer, M. (2011). Hypselodoris tryoni (Garrett, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558646 on 9 June 2012
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/trailing
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/message/19916
- Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 196
- Rudman W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicura, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 305-407 page(s): 379
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 140
- Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdes, A. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp.page(s): 270
External links
- Risbecia tyroni at nudipixel
- Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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