Biology:Hypselodoris confetti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Hypselodoris confetti
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Padangbai, Bali.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. confetti
Binomial name
Hypselodoris confetti
Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1]

Hypselodoris confetti is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This nudibranch was described from Siar Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea, [ ⚑ ] 5°11′00″S 145°48′24″E / 5.183333°S 145.80667°E / -5.183333; 145.80667. It is reported from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Hong Kong.

Description

Hypselodoris confetti has previously been confused with Hypselodoris kanga. It has a white or grey semi-translucent body covered with large yellow spots and smaller blue-black spots. The dark blue spots at the edge of the mantle are often extended into patches at right angles to the margin and have a diffuse halo of bright blue around them. The gills have lines on the outer edges which are purple grading to blue and then red at the tips. The flattened outer face bears a vertical row of round yellow spots. The rhinophores have bright red clubs and blue-purple bases. Hypselodoris roo is almost identical, but with plain white, or white spots on the outer gill faces which are entirely edged with orange-red.[1][3] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Epstein, Hannah E; Hallas, Joshua M; Johnson, Rebecca Fay; Lopez, Alessandra; Gosliner, Terrence M (2019). "Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (1): 116–189. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly048. 
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris confetti Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-25.
  3. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition (1 Nov. 2018) 452 pp. ISBN:1878348671, ISBN:978-1878348678, p. 191

Wikidata ☰ Q60524317 entry