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Hypselodoris imperialis

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Species of gastropod

Hypselodoris imperialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species: H. imperialis
Binomial name
Hypselodoris imperialis
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris imperialis (Pease, 1860)
  • Doriprismatica imperialis (Pease, 1860)
  • Doris prismatica var. imperialis Pease, 1860 (basionym)
  • Risbecia imperialis (Pease, 1860)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Hawaii. It is reported from many locations in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to Hawaii.

References

  1. Pease W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148, page 32.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Hypselodoris imperialis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-09
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 8) Risbecia imperialis (Pease, 1860). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 207
  5. 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 (3): 305-407
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 139
  7. 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
  8. 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
Taxon identifiers
Hypselodoris imperialis
Risbecia imperialis
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