Hypselodoris fucata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. fucata
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| Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]
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Distribution
editThis nudibranch is known from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.[2]
Description
editHypselodoris fucata has a white body and a purple-blue mantle edge and foot. There is also often a yellow line on the very edge of the mantle. The body and dorsum have red-brown striations running longitudinally. The gills are white, lined with orange and the rhinophores are a bright orange colour.[3][4] This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm. It is similar in colour pattern to Hypselodoris kaname and Hypselodoris paulinae.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.
- ^ a b c Rudman, W.B., 1999 (December 2) Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0
- ^ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 260