Hypselodoris iacula
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| Hypselodoris iacula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. iacula |
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Hypselodoris iacula Gosliner & Johnson, 1999 |
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Hypselodoris iacula is a species of very colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
This nudibranch is known from the Western Pacific Ocean including Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Hypselodoris iacula has a pink body and a bright orange mantle. The body and dorsum are covered in a white mesh-like pattern. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.
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