Taken in Seraya

Photo Information

Photographer
Erwin Kodiat
Location
Bali, Indonesia
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"The striped Hypselodoris in your photo is Hypselodoris nigrostriata because the lines are more or less oblique. In the very similar species, Hypselodoris zephyra the lines are parallel. I thought they were the same species, but then Rudie Kuiter showed me a lot of his pictures from Bali where both species seem to occur together and he has made a strong argument that they are separate in the new book Nudibranchs of the World. So I haven’t made up my mind yet. One other character supposedly only possessed by Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a yellow border to the mantle. I really cannot see this yellow band in the animal in your picture, so maybe that character is no good?"
Comment from Richard Willan
The striped Hypselodoris in your photo is Hypselodoris nigrostriata because the lines are more or less oblique. In the very similar species, Hypselodoris zephyra the lines are parallel. I thought they were the same species, but then Rudie Kuiter showed me a lot of his pictures from Bali where both species seem to occur together and he has made a strong argument that they are separate in the new book <em>Nudibranchs of the World</em>. So I haven’t made up my mind yet. One other character supposedly only possessed by Hypselodoris nigrostriata is a yellow border to the mantle. I really cannot see this yellow band in the animal in your picture, so maybe that character is no good?
Taken on
10 December 2007 12:35:14 pm
Posted
17 years ago
Updated
5 months ago

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EXIF Information

Camera
Canon PowerShot A620
Date and Time
2007:11:10 12:35:14
Exposure Time
1/125
Exposure Bias
0/3
Focal Length
7300/1000 mm
Horizontal Resolution
720000/10000 dpi
Vertical Resolution
720000/10000 dpi
Aperture
f/8.0
Exposure Mode
Manual exposure
Metering Mode
Spot
Flash
Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
White Balance
Auto white balance
Color Space
sRGB
Software
Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows

Scientific Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
FamilyChromodorididae
SpeciesHypselodoris nigrostriata