Hypselodoris flavomarginata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. flavomarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris flavomarginata | |
Distribution edit
This nudibranch is known only from New Caledonia in the southern Pacific Ocean.[3]
Description edit
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.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Rudman, 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.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris flavomarginata Rudman, 1995. Accessed on 2019-01-17.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 1999 (April 13) Hypselodoris flavomarginata Rudman, 1995. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ 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