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Hypselodoris bullocki (Collingwood, 1881) [Chromodoris]
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Hypselodoris bullocki ranges in colour from a pale straw, or even
white background to a deep purplish pink. There is usually a thin opaque
white line at the mantle border, but some specimens have a reddish purple
border. Typically the gills and rhinophores are yellow or orange with a
basal pink or purplish band. Bill Rudman writes "In anatomical studies
I have been unable to find any consistent differences to show that differing
colour patterns represent differnet species."
Hypselodoris bullocki differs from
Hypselodoris apolegma mainly in colour and in the the edge of the mantle the
border is solid white, by Hypselodoris apolegma inside this is
a region of varying width in which the white forms a reticulate pattern gradually
merging in to the pinkish purple.
Pretty similar is Thorunna halourga which
has a low gill pocket.
More informations on Hypselodoris bullocki are at
Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum! |
