Picture : Danny Van Belle – Location : Lembeh Strait Indonesia – 12/09/2007
Order : NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: EUCTENIDIACEA
Infra order : DORIDACEA
Superfamily : DORIDOIDEA
Family : Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
The body is a pale cream or yellow with a purple or bluish border to both the foot and the mantle. there are three purple longitudinal lines on the mantle and four brownish lines whch vary in intensity in different individuals. The gills and rhinophores are a brilliant reddish orange and in Pacific specimens there is a white tip to the rhinophores.
Compare this species with Hypselodoris maridadilus and Hypselodoris whitei (=Hypselodoris mouaci).