Violet-gill Nudibranch

Hypselodoris violabranchia

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae

Hypselodoris violabranchia is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This nudibranch is known from the Hawaiian Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Description Hypselodoris violabranchia has a light brown body with white spots and lines running along its dorsum.

Distribution

Violet-gill Nudibranch — (c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 64

Sources and credits

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