Hypselodoris sagamiensis is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.Caballer, M. (2011). Hypselodoris sagamiensis (Baba, 1949). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-28
Distribution This nudibranch is known only from Japan,Rudman, W.B., 2001 (August 29) Hypselodoris sagamiensis (Baba, 1949). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. India
Description Hypselodoris sagamiensis has a white-translucent body with black spots on its mantle. The mantle is edged with an outer purple and inner yellow line. The gills and rhinophores are orange, sometimes outlined in white.Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. page(s): 131Gosliner, 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.
This species can reach a total length of at least 30 mm and has been observed feeding on sponges from the genus Euryspongia.
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