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WoRMS taxon detailsHypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977
209599 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209599)
accepted
Species
marine
Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 61: 351-397.
page(s): 356, 388 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Note Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Type locality Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [details]
Description Up to 4 cm long. Similar to H. infucata, this species is pale blue with yellow spots and with dark blue streaks running in...
Description Up to 4 cm long. Similar to H. infucata, this species is pale blue with yellow spots and with dark blue streaks running in from the mantle edge. The rhinophores are deep red with blue stalks,and the gills are a complex of colours but always with yellow spots on their outer faces. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs. Distribution: E Africa to W Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209599 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 61: 351-397. page(s): 356, 388 [details] Available for editors [request]Taxonomystatus source
Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of
the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details] Othercontext source (HKRMS)
Jensen KR. (1998). Zoogeographic affinities of Hong Kong Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea, The Marine Biology of the South China Sea.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 43-55. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa. page(s): 326 [details] additional source Rudman, W. B. (1984). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 81(2): 115-273. page(s): 189 [details] additional source Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp. page(s): 264 [details] additional source Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 126 [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [details]Unreviewed
Description Up to 4 cm long. Similar to H. infucata, this species is pale blue with yellow spots and with dark blue streaks running in from the mantle edge. The rhinophores are deep red with blue stalks,and the gills are a complex of colours but always with yellow spots on their outer faces. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs. Distribution: E Africa to W Pacific (Richmond, 1997). [details]
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Down: same photo as in Rudman & Darvell (1990).
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