Hypselodoris zephyra
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
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Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Erwin,
Thanks for this. It is certainly feeding as it has its large colorful oral tube everted. However if Hypselodoris nigrostriata and Hypselodoris zephyra are different species, and I sometimes wonder, then your animal is best identified as H. zephyra, because the black lines tend to run parallel to each other rather than cross over.
I'm afraid the resolution of your photo is not detailed enough for me to see enough detail to identify the sponge but I suspect it is the species of Dysidea illustrated in Dave Mullins' message I posted yesterday [#21093].
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Erwin Kodiat |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot A620 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | November 10, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 281 times |
| Posted: | 7 months ago |
| Updated: | 7 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Hypselodoris zephyra |