Hypselodoris nigrostriata | |
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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. nigrostriata |
Binomial name | |
Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904) |
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Synonyms | |
Chromodoris nigrostriata Eliot, 1904 (basionym) |
Chromodoris nigrostriata Eliot, 1904 (basionym)
Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania to the Red Sea.
Hypselodoris nigrostriata has a yellow body with black striated lines running all over the body and upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange-red.
This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and feeds on blue sponges from the genus Dysidea.