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Hypselodoris violacea
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypselodoris violacea is a species of sea slug, or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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Distribution
The holotype of this nudibranch was collected at a 10-metre (33 ft) depth from Magic Reef, Busuanga Island, Palawan, Philippines, 11.99°N 120.08°E. It is known only from Palawan, Philippines and northern Borneo, Malaysia.[3][1]
Description
Hypselodoris violacea has a deep, dark purple body with a broad solid white border to the mantle. The bulb of the rhinophores is deep purple, with sheaths of the same colour. The gills are also entirely deep purple. There is a tall gill pocket which is also deep purple in colour. This is a large nudibranch, reaching 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in length.[1] This species has been reported as Hypselodoris bullocki.[4][1][5]
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