Hypselodoris zephyra
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Known from western and central Pacific.

PHOTO

UPPER: Espiritu Santo Is., Vanuatu, 3 metres. 1993. PHOTO: Vinka Stenhouse.
LOWER: Coffs Harbour Region, northern new South Wales, Australia. December 1990. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

Similar to Hypselodoris nigrostriata but in this species the black lines are parallel rather than oblique. The purple marks can sometimes be lines. The gills are simple, not triangular in cross section.

Reference:
• Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (March 21) Hypselodoris zephyra Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/hypszeph

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