Hypselodoris jacksoni is a species of colourful 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. jacksoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris jacksoni Wilson & Willan, 2007[1]
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Distribution edit
This nudibranch is found in eastern Australia throughout the Coral Sea.[3]
Description edit
Hypselodoris jacksoni has a yellow and white body with an orange mantle. There are black longitudinal lines along the sides of its body, and a black crissed-crossed pattern of lines on its dorsum. The rhinophores are bright orange, and the gills are white, outlined with orange.[4] This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm and has been observed feeding on yellow sponges from the genus Euryspongia.[3]
References edit
- ^ Wilson, N.G. & Willan, R.C. (2007) Hypselodoris jacksoni, a new species from the south-western Pacific Ocean (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), with a discussion on intraspecific variation in mantle glands in Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982. Zootaxa, 1549: 29-42.
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris jacksoni N. G. Wilson & Willan, 2007. Accessed on 2019-01-17.
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2007 (August 28) Hypselodoris jacksoni Wilson & Willan, 2007. [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. 452 pp. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 188