Hypselodoris kanga
Rudman, 1977
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
From the western Indian Ocean to Hong Kong.
PHOTO
UPPER: Kunduchi Beach, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, July, 1973, 42mm long. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.
LOWER: Round Is, Hong Kong, November 1982, with egg mass. PHOTO: B.W. Darvell. Inset showing characteristic yellow spots on outside face of gills.
Hypselodoris kanga is one of a number of species with a bluish background colour, short dark blue lines and yellow or orange spots. Some specimens are very similar in colour to Hypselodoris infucata. One of the most distinctive external characters is the triangular gills, edged in blue with a series of yellow spots up the outer face.
Other species with black lines include Hypselodoris nigrolineata, Hypselodoris maritima and Hypselodoris nigrostriata.
Reference:
• Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61: 351-397.
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 8) Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypskang
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