Hypselodoris katherinae
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Hypselodoris katherinae 01.jpg
| image_caption = Taiwan, North Coast.
| genus = Hypselodoris
| species = katherinae
| authority = Gosliner & Johnson, 2018Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). [https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly048 Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae).] Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
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Hypselodoris katherinae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1297856 Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-26.
Distribution
This nudibranch was described from Pulau Chebeh, off the NW tip of Tioman Island, eastern Malaysia, {{coord|2.932983|N|104.098690|E|scale:500000}}. It is also reported from the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan.
Description
Hypselodoris katherinae has previously been confused with Hypselodoris carnea. The mantle is translucent pale pink with a series of longitudinal red-brown lines running down its length. These lines may be broken into short segments and may branch and anastomose. Small blue-purple diffuse spots are arranged at the mantle margin and may coalesce into a continuous line. The gills are white with orange lines on the rachis and the rhinophores are red to orange in colour. This species can reach a total length of 32 mm.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. 191
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