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Hypselodoris nigrostriata
Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
From the article Hypselodoris nigrostriata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Hypselodoris nigrostriata has a yellow body with black striated lines running all over the body and upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange-red. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and feeds on blue sponges from the genus Dysidea. It has a similar colour pattern to Hypselodoris zephyra from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.
== References ==
Range & habitat
This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania to the Red Sea.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418388.