Hypselodoris zephyra, Lord Howe Is, Photo: Ian Shaw
Hypselodoris zephyra, Solitary Islands, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Pale cream or whitish body, wavy parallel longitudinal violet or black lines, pale foot with purple edge. Mantle lacks a continuous coloured marginal band. Gills red or orange, rhinophores similarly coloured with a white tip. Grows to 40 mm.
Information
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Vulnerable
Occurrence: Widespread (100% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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