Hypselodoris violabranchia

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| genus = Hypselodoris

| species = violabranchia

| authority = Gosliner & Johnson, 1999Gosliner, T. M.; Johnson, R. F. (1999). Phylogeny of the monophyletic genus Hypselodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125, 1-114.

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Hypselodoris violabranchia is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). [http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457530 Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999.] Accessed on 2019-01-21.

Distribution

This nudibranch is known from the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/hypsviol Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & Johnson, 1999.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Description

Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are purple or pink.

This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm.

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