Hypselodoris rudmani

Species of gastropod

Hypselodoris rudmani

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Nudibranchia
Suborder:  | Doridina
Superfamily:  | Doridoidea
Family:  | Chromodorididae
Genus:  | Hypselodoris
Species:  |

H. rudmani

Binomial name
Hypselodoris rudmani

Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]

Hypselodoris rudmani is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2] This species is named after the well known malacologist William B. Rudman.[3]

## Distribution[edit]

The holotype of this nudibranch was collected at 11 m (36 ft) depth from Philip’s Reef (33°58.326′S 25°40.748′E﻿ / ﻿33.972100°S 25.679133°E﻿ / -33.972100; 25.679133), Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa. Two additional specimens in the original description were from warmer water sites further north at Park Rynie (30°20′02″S 30°44′08″E﻿ / ﻿30.333811°S 30.735542°E﻿ / -30.333811; 30.735542), Natal and Umgazana (31°42′07″S 29°24′57″E﻿ / ﻿31.702024°S 29.415939°E﻿ / -31.702024; 29.415939), Eastern Cape, South Africa.[1] A specimen from Pointe Evatra, South Madagascar (24°58.1′S 47°6.1′E﻿ / ﻿24.9683°S 47.1017°E﻿ / -24.9683; 47.1017) was sequenced for three genes in a landmark study which resulted in the description of 17 new species of Hypselodoris.[4]

## Description[edit]

Hypselodoris rudmani has a translucent body dotted with white patches, and covered in small blue spots. The gills and rhinophores are white, tipped with orange.[3][5] Hypselodoris rudmani is a member of a large clade that includes Hypselodoris katherinae, Hypselodoris paradisa, Hypselodoris maritima, Hypselodoris skyleri and Hypselodoris bertschi.[4]

This species can reach a total length of at least 25 mm.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.
2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Hypselodoris rudmani Gosliner & R.F. Johnson, 1999. Accessed on 2019-01-21
3. ^ a b c Rudman, W.B., 2005 (June 27) Hypselodoris rudmani Gosliner & Johnson, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. ^ a b Epstein, H. E.; Hallas, J. M.; Johnson, R. F.; Lopez, A.; Gosliner, T. M. (2018). Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2018, XX, 1–74. With 40 figures.
5. ^ 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. ISBN 1878348671, ISBN 978-1878348678, p. 187

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5961668
* CoL: 3P35G
* GBIF: 6519550
* iNaturalist: 559937
* IRMNG: 11782823
* NCBI: 2461294
* OBIS: 457529
* WoRMS: 457529

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