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Description
Hypselodoris (W. Stimpson, 1855) is an accepted genus of colourful dorid nudibranchs in the family Chromodorididae. According to seaslug.world it is restricted to the Indo-Pacific and adjacent temperate waters, and the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Mediterranean species were moved in 2012 to the genus Felimare. All members feed on sponges of the family Dysideidae (as stated by that source), and they are common on rocky and coral reefs.
Identification
Colour (typically blue, purple or white with contrasting red-orange or purple rhinophores and gills) is the least reliable character for identification. Species are mainly separated by the arrangement of the subcutaneous mantle glands around the mantle rim and by diet.
Species in this genus (15)
Hypselodoris apolegma
Hypselodoris bullockii
Hypselodoris carnea
Hypselodoris cerisae
Hypselodoris decorata
Hypselodoris emma
Hypselodoris infucata
Hypselodoris infucata
Hypselodoris maculosa
Hypselodoris melanesica
Hypselodoris pulchella
Hypselodoris pulchella
Hypselodoris reidi
Hypselodoris roo
Hypselodoris skyleri
Hypselodoris tryoni
Hypselodoris variobranchia
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