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Hypselodoris ghardaqana

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Species of gastropod

Hypselodoris ghardaqana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species: H. ghardaqana
Binomial name
Hypselodoris ghardaqana
(Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris ghardaqana Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957 (basionym)
  • Risbecia ghardaqana (Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957)

Hypselodoris ghardaqana is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from the Red Sea. It has been reported from the Indian Ocean.

Description

This species is similar in colouration to Hypselodoris pulchella. It is suggested that this is a case of mimicry because the two species are not closely related.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Hypselodoris ghardaqana. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-09
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 8) Risbecia ghardaqana (Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. Rudman W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 305-407. page(s): 374
  4. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 139
  5. 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): 271
  6. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  7. Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). 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.
Taxon identifiers
Risbecia ghardaqana
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