Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904). Accessed on 2019-01-18
Distribution This nudibranch is found in the Western Indian Ocean, from Tanzania to the Red Sea.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (March 21) Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description Hypselodoris nigrostriata has a yellow body with black striated lines running all over the body and upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are orange-red. This species can reach a total length of at least 40 mm and feeds on blue sponges from the genus Dysidea.Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351-397Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 189Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 124 It has a similar colour pattern to Hypselodoris zephyra from the western Indo-Pacific Ocean.Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 266
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