eastern cape scuba diving
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| Scientific name: |
Hypselodoris capensis-1 |
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| Common name: |
White cape dorid |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Mollusca |
Not Defined |
Gastropoda |
Opisthobranchia |
Nudibranchia |
Doridina |
Chromodorididae |
Not defined |
Hypselodoris |
Hypselodoris capensis-1 |
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Short Description:
The Cape dorid is a white-bodieddorid with a smooth skin. It has opaque white lines along the notum and irregular reddish-orange spots. It has a broken blue-purple margin. It has eight gills arranged around the anus and its rhinophores are perfoliate. The rhinophores and gill edges are orange
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Identification
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| Size: |
50mm |
| Behaviour: |
Its egg ribbon is a creamy collar of several whorls. |
| Diet: |
Sponges |
| Distribution: |
This species can found around the southern African coast from the Cape Peninsula to the Wild Coast It is probably endemic |
| Depth: |
Subtidally to at least 20m. |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.org/ |
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eastern cape scuba diving
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