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
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.
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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