Hypselodoris flavomarginata
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| genus = Hypselodoris
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| authority = Rudman, 1995Rudman, W.B. (1995) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research, 16: 1-43.
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Hypselodoris flavomarginata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560045 Hypselodoris flavomarginata Rudman, 1995.] Accessed on 2019-01-17.
Distribution
This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the southern Pacific Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (April 13) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypsflav Hypselodoris flavomarginata Rudman, 1995.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
Hypselodoris flavomarginata has a pink body and a wide light-yellow mantle edge. A thinner white line separates the yellow mantle from the pink body and dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white and dark-pink. This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and feeds on sponges.Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition (1 Nov. 2018) 452 pp. {{ISBN|1878348671}}, {{ISBN|978-1878348678}}, p. 196
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