Hypselodoris ghiselini | |
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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. 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.