Biology:Hypselodoris kanga
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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. kanga
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| Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977[1]
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Hypselodoris kanga is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was previously reported throughout the Indian Ocean and West Pacific Ocean.[2] Specimens from the Pacific Ocean are now thought to be other species, including Hypselodoris confetti and Hypselodoris roo.[3] It has been recorded from Mozambique.[4]
Description
Hypselodoris kanga has a blue-grey body covered in black and yellow spots. There are black spots bordered by blue at the mantle edge. The rhinophores are red and the rhinophore stalks deep blue. The gills are triangular in cross section and the gill pinnules are white. The inner edge of each gill is reddish orange in the upper quarter, deep blue in the mid region and white in the basal quarter. The smooth outer side of each gill is orange-red in the upper quarter and the rest has a background colour of light blue with a row of large yellow spots. The two outer corners of each gill are bordered with red at the tip becoming dark blue at the base. This species can reach a total length of at least 70 mm (2.8 in) and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Dysidea.[2]
Gallery
Hypselodoris kanga at Wakatobi National Park, 2018
Hypselodoris kanga at Koh Phangan, Thailand, 2014
Hypselodoris kanga Mating
Hypselodoris kanga at Koh Phangan, Thailand, 2014
Hypselodoris kanga at Tulamben, Bali, 2011
Close up of Hypselodoris kanga
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References
- ↑ Rudman, W. B. (1977). "Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61 (4): 351–397. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01033.x.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 8) Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tibiriçá, Yara; Pola, Marta; Cervera, Juan Lucas (2017). "Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique". Zootaxa 4359 (1): 1–133 [p. 34, fig. 10E]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1. PMID 29245453.
Wikidata ☰ Q3787993 entry
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