Hypselodoris carnea
(Bergh, 1889)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Natal Coast of South Africa, Mauritius.

PHOTO

South Coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Near Port Shepstone, 20 - 25m, 45mm long, October/November 1999. PHOTO: Valda Fraser. See further photos below.

RELATED TOPIC

Hypselodoris capensis

Very similar in colour to Hypselodoris capensis but with rather different radular morphology. See correspondence from Valda Fraser and Terry Gosliner below.

Reference:
• Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 10) Hypselodoris carnea (Bergh, 1889). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypscarn

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