Hypselodoris nigrolineata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. nigrolineata |
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Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904) & synonyms_ref= |
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| Synonyms | |
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Chromodoris nigrolineata Eliot, 1904 (basionym) |
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Chromodoris nigrolineata Eliot, 1904 (basionym)
Hypselodoris nigrolineata is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
This nudibranch is found in the Indian Ocean off Kenya and Tanzania.
Hypselodoris nigrolineata has a white-cream body and a bright purple mantle edge and foot. There are often black striated lines running longitudinally along its dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange.
This species can reach a total length of at least 35 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris maritima.
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