Hypselodoris kanga

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Hypselodoris kanga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species:
H. kanga
Binomial name
Hypselodoris kanga
Rudman, 1977[1]

Hypselodoris kanga is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

This nudibranch was described from Kunduchi, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was previously reported throughout the Indian Ocean and West Pacific Ocean.[2] Specimens from the Pacific Ocean are now thought to be other species, including Hypselodoris confetti and Hypselodoris roo.[3] It has been recorded from Mozambique.[4]

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