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Hypselodoris maridadilus
Hypselodoris maridadilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Hypselodoris
Species:	H. maridadilus
Binomial name
Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977

Hypselodoris maridadilus is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. It feeds on sponges.

Distribution

This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from South Africa to the Red Sea.

Description

Hypselodoris maridadilus has a white to cream or yellow body with five purple longitudinal lines, and a purple bordered mantle. The gills and rhinophores are bright orange. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris whitei which differs slightly in having white-tipped rhinophores and gills. This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm (1.4 in).

References

1. Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61: 351-397, p. 359
2. MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977. Accessed on 2019-01-17
3. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (March 1) Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Bidgrain, P., 2018. Hypselodoris maridadilus South West Indian Ocean sea slugs and flatworms, accessed 2019-01-17.
5. 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
6. 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. 184

• Chromodorididae
• Gastropods described in 1977