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Hypselodoris krakatoa

Hypselodoris krakatoa
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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. krakatoa
Binomial name
Hypselodoris krakatoa
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999

Hypselodoris krakatoa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Japan to Papua New Guinea.

Hypselodoris krakatoa has a pale brown-white body and a purplish-blue foot. There are black lines and white spots running in lines across its body and dorsum. The gills are a light-brown colour and its rhinophores are orange-white.

This species can reach a total length of at least 55 mm.



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