| Hypselodoris bertschi | |
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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. bertschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris bertschi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999[1]
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Hypselodoris bertschi is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution[edit]
This nudibranch is known only from Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean.[2]
Description[edit]
Hypselodoris bertschi has a translucent white body with longitudinal opaque white lines flecked with black-purple spots. The gills and rhinophores are translucent white, lined with orange tips and base. There has been some confusion in the naming of this species, and it is easily confused with Hypselodoris peasei. This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 9) Hypselodoris bertschi Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ 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): 260
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0