Hypselodoris iacula
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| genus = Hypselodoris
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| authority = Gosliner & Johnson, 1999Gosliner, 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.
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Hypselodoris iacula is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 2) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypsiacu Hypselodoris iacula Gosliner & Johnson, 1999.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Distribution
This nudibranch is known from the Western Pacific Ocean including Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Description
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.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 This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. {{ISBN|1878348671}}, {{ISBN|978-1878348678}}, p. 184
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