Hypselodoris tricolor
(Cantraine, 1835)
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Western Mediterranean, and adjacent eastern Atlantic
PHOTO
Bay of Algeciras (Strait of Gibraltar, Southern Spain) at 20 m. depth (17.6ºC), Size: 25 mm. Place: La Seca Reef. May, 2000. Photos: Alma Sánchez.
One of a large group of similarly coloured blue chromodorids from the Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic waters. Reported to feed on the sponges Dysidea avara and Dysidea fragilis. Also reported on the Forum to feed on the thorectid sponge Scalarispongia scalaris.
Reference:
• Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. [Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.] Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
See message below suggesting that Doris tricolor is unidentifiable and we should use H. midatlantica Gosliner, 1990 for this species
Authorship detailsRudman, W.B., 2001 (February 11) Hypselodoris tricolor (Cantraine, 1835). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypstric
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