eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Hypselodoris carnea |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Mollusca |
Not Defined |
Gastropoda |
Orthogastropoda |
Nudibranchia |
Nudibranchia |
Chromodorididae |
Not defined |
Hypselodoris |
Hypselodoris carnea |
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Short Description:
Easy to be confused with Hypselodoris capensis (Cape dorid) .The Hypselodoris carnea have a orange band on the rhinopores and fewer white lines over the body and more prominent orange-edge gills than the Cape dorid
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Identification
features: |
A orange band on the rhinophores and the orange-edged gills and the a of white lines on the mantle . a Huge variation appear sin their colours, and if this expected to do with the different sponges of their food source |
| Size: |
50mm |
| Behaviour: |
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| Diet: |
Sponges |
| Distribution: |
This nudibranch is known from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast .Algoa Bay must be a region where the geographical distributions of the cool temperate H. capensis and the tropical H. carnea overlap
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| Depth: |
Subtidally to 20m |
| Habitat: |
Shallow rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
Nudibranchs of Southern Africa (a guide to opistobranch molluscs of Southern Africa)
Terrence Gosliner
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Database Statistics
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eastern cape scuba diving
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