Hypselodoris violacea is a species of sea slug, or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris violacea Gosliner & Johnson, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-10-22.
Distribution The holotype of this nudibranch was collected at a depth from Magic Reef, Busuanga Island, Palawan, Philippines, . It is known only from Palawan, Philippines and northern Borneo, Malaysia.Lau, A, 2005 (Dec 14) Hypselodoris bullockii? from Malaysia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description Hypselodoris violacea has a deep, dark purple body with a broad solid white border to the mantle. The bulb of the rhinophores is deep purple, with sheaths of the same colour. The gills are also entirely deep purple. There is a tall gill pocket which is also deep purple in colour. This is a large nudibranch, reaching in length. This species has been reported as Hypselodoris bullocki.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. 195Rudman W. B., 1999.Hypselodoris bullocki (Collingwood, 1881) - Page 1. In: Sea slug forum. Sydney: Australian Museum.
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