Hypselodoris maculosa
(Pease, 1871)
Photographed by: Daniela Gut
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Hypselodoris maculosa |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #6208
A very small juvenile individual.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5358
An atypical individual with only 1 red ring (instead of 2) on the rhinophores.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #4703
A juvenile individual.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2210
A juvenile individual. Note the 2 red rings around the rhinophoral clavus which characterises this species.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #300
A juvenile individual, but showing all the typical features for this species nonetheless (that is, 2 orange rings on the rhinophores, white longitudinal lines, purple spots, white speckles).Locality:
- Indonesia
- Bali (11) Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec
- Lembeh (6) Mar, Oct, Nov
- Bangka Island, North Sulawesi (1) Jul
- Manado (1)
- Raja Ampat (1) Oct
- West Java (1)
- Taiwan
- Long Dong (3)
- PNG
- Tufi (2) Apr
- Malaysia
- Perhentian (2)
- Malaysia (1) Oct
- Australia
- Queensland (2) May
- Seychelles
- Seychelles (1)
- Vanuatu
- Vanuatu (1) Feb
- Vietnam
- Vietnam (1)
- Sri Lanka
- Weligama (1) Feb
- Thailand
- Koh Phi Phi (1) Apr
Pictures of Hypselodoris maculosa
Location: Bangka Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
By: Marli Wakeling
Posted 5 days ago
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Similar Species
Author: Erwin Kodiat
Hypselodoris maculosa has 2 orange rings on the rhinophores, white longitudinal lines, purple spots, and white speckles while Thorunna australis has ring of purple spots around the mantle margin.
