Hypselodoris carnea
| Hypselodoris carnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. carnea |
| Binomial name | |
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Hypselodoris carnea (Bergh, 1889) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chromodoris carnea Bergh, 1889 (basionym) |
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Chromodoris carnea Bergh, 1889 (basionym)
Hypselodoris carnea is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
It feeds on sponges.
This nudibranch is known from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Hypselodoris carnea can reach a total length of at least 45 mm. There is wide range of colour variation seen in this species, and it is easily mistaken for Hypselodoris capensis.
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