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Hypselodoris ghiselini

Hypselodoris ghiselini
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. ghiselini
Binomial name
Hypselodoris ghiselini
Bertsch, 1978

Hypselodoris ghiselini is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. It is named for the biologist Michael Ghiselin.

This nudibranch is found in the Gulf of California.

Hypselodoris ghiselini has a dark blue-black body covered in yellow spots.The gills and rhinophores are black or blue.

This species can reach a total length of at least 30 mm.



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