species: Hypselodoris maculosa in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Hypselodoris maculosa


©Barbara Banks: Hypselodoris maculosa on the SW side of South Island, Lizard Island Group.

©Ingo Burghardt: Hypselodoris maculosa at Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Hypselodoris maculosa at North Point, Lizard Island, 2 to 3 cm long.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Chromodorididae
Genus Hypselodoris
Species Hypselodoris maculosa

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                             

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 4 cm (length according to Humann and Deloach (2010))

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Other references

  • Waegele, H., I. Burghardt, N. Anthes, J. Evertsen, A. Klussman-Kolb and G. Brodie (2006). Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, In: Contemporary studies into the systematics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs, (Eds. G. Brodie, S. Fahey and F.E. Wells), Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59. LIRS catalog number 1036.