Biology:Hypselodoris yarae
| Hypselodoris yarae | |
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| Diani Beach, Kenya. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. yarae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris yarae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018[1]
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Hypselodoris yarae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Mozambique and Madagascar , Indian Ocean. It is also known from Kenya and possibly South Africa , Sri Lanka and the Red Sea. It was previously reported from the Indian Ocean as Hypselodoris maculosa, a species from the Western Pacific.
Description
Hypselodoris yarae has a translucent white body with pale brown viscera showing through and a series of opaque white longitudinal lines of variable thickness running along its mantle. Between the lines at irregular intervals there are slightly diffuse red spots with darker centres and a tendency to become purple at the edges. There is a broad orange margin to the mantle. The gills have translucent bases and orange pigment on the outer surfaces. The rhinophores are translucent white, with two bands of orange.[1][3]
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.[1]
Etymology
This species was named in honor of Yara Tibiriçá, who has greatly contributed to the advance of nudibranch research in the western Indian Ocean [1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris yarae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed on 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. ISBN:1878348671, ISBN:978-1878348678, p. 186
- ↑ Tibiriçá, Y.; Pola, M.; Cervera, J. L. (2017). Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique. Zootaxa. 4359 (1): 001–133, p. 37, fig. 11B
Wikidata ☰ Q60524328 entry
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