Hypselodoris maritima is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949). Accessed on 2019-01-18
Distribution This nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from New Caledonia to Japan.Rudman, W.B., 1999 (June 19) Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description Hypselodoris maritima has a white body with a yellow and blue mantle edge and foot. There are black striated lines present on the upper dorsum. The gills and rhinophores are white, lined with orange.Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 183-241. This species can reach a total length of at least 20 mm. It is similar in appearance to Hypselodoris nigrolineata.Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á., 2018. Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications; 2nd Revised, Updated edition. 452 pp. , , p. 192
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