Hypselodoris kanga
Rudman, 1977
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Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Mike,
Thanks for these photos. The upper two photos are H. infucata, but the one alongside is most probably Hypselodoris kanga. In Hyspelodoris infucata the gills are what we call 'simple' because they are essentially a two dimensional leaf with a red line along the internal and external edge. If you look at the gills in the lower animal, they are triangular in cross-section which means there are three edges to each gill, one on the inside and two on the outside, each with a red line. Usually in H. kanga there are a series of white or yellow spots in the space between the outer red lines of each gill. I can't see any sign of them in this animal but the triangular cross-section suggests that this is H. kanga.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Mike Krampf |
| Camera: | Olympus μ600 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | October 8, 2006 |
| Viewed: | 545 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 10 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Hypselodoris kanga |