2026 · Photo: Boaz Liebes
Hypselodoris reidi
Philippines · Indo Pacific - South China Sea
- Size
- 25–50 mm
- Native range
- Central Indo-Pacific: the Philippines and Indonesia
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Description
A Hypselodoris described in 1999 from Bus Stop, Balayan Bay, Batangas, Philippines, and named after underwater photographer Dave Reid, who first found it. It is closely related to H. krakatoa; both have a strongly raised, conical gill sheath.
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Identification
Translucent white mantle with a network of yellow to orange-yellow pigment leaving slightly raised white spots; the network darkens to brown or almost black in front of and behind the gills. Thin pinkish-purple line around the mantle and foot. Rhinophores and the seven gills translucent yellow to straw-coloured, the gills with white spots or streaks along the inner edge.
Similar species
Hypselodoris krakatoa has black lines, black-and-white spots and red pigment on the gills and rhinophores. H. cerisae has dark longitudinal lines, purple margins and red-orange gills and rhinophores.
Habitat & diet
Habitat
Coral reefs; type specimen from 12 m.
Food
Sponges (a feeding observation is recorded from Indonesia).
