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Hypselodoris lacteola

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Hypselodoris lacteola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. lacteola
Binomial name
Hypselodoris lacteola
Rudman, 1995[1]

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

Distribution

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This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the Southern Pacific Ocean.[3]

Description

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Hypselodoris lacteola has a white body and mantle and a purple tip to the foot. It has white gills and rhinophores outlined with purple. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm (1.6 in).[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Rudman, W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research, 16: 1-43.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995. Accessed on 2019-01-17
  3. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 1) Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ^ Hervé J.F., 2010. Guide des Nudibranches de Nouvelle Calédonie et autres Opisthobranches. 405pp. Éditions Catherine Ledru, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie, p. 273.
  5. ^ 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 978-1878348678, p. 196