Hypselodoris? sp. 1.

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Chromodorididae

SKETCH: Tukang Besi Islands of SE Sulawesi, Indonesia as part of the Operation Wallacea project. Rob Saunders. [See message below].

5-6mm in length.  Found on dead branching Acropora. Mantle has a distinct white rim followed by a lemon-lime green tinted band and largely transparent central notum with orange-pink tint coming through from inside the animal.  Retractile lamellate rhinophores.  5 simple transparent branches to branchial plume.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (February 23) Hypselodoris? sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypssp1

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