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Hypselodoris infucata (
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&amp; Leuckart, 1828-1830: tab X, 34, fig. 3 (northern African Red Sea).
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<paragraph id="A8722584C4662E59C8B3D4E54C9371DB" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Photographic record.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B0A3DA829C96B7C54C66DA9E9A50A289" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">SAASC, Al Khiran, 2 July 2013, two individuals photographed at 3 m depth on a rock culvert, R. Dinesh Kumar.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="898B22DD1AECB95CAA7A0E4212264453" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Description.</paragraph>
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The two individuals in the photographs have a slender white body with blue, yellow, and black spots scattered all over. At the mantle margin, triangular dark blue-green and pale blue patches alternate (Fig.
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), and bright yellow spots are scattered on both the dorsum and foot. The rhinophores are bright orange-red and the core is white. The oral tentacles are bright orange-red at the midrib and tip (Fig.
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). A row of prominent dark blue blotches occurs on the either side at the edge of dorsum.
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colour morph. Arrows indicate alternate dark blue-green and pale blue triangles, a diagnostic feature of this species. Photograph R. Diniesh Kumar.
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<paragraph id="1EA11DC45BF9BB4E2E2938A35CD79486" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Indo-West Pacific species and a Lessepsian migrant (
<bibRefCitation id="D4500F9841AEF4F254803A5FDF5A99DF" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01033.x" author="Rudman, WB" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="351 - 397" refId="B50" refString="Rudman, WB, 1977. Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 61: 351 - 397, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01033.x" title="Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01033.x" volume="61" year="1977">Rudman 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="07718CE7CF798C7BC73AD0EFF28621AC" author="Yonow, N" journalOrPublisher="Pensoft Publications, Sofia / Moscow" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" refId="B68" refString="Yonow, N, 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Publications, Sofia/Moscow" title="Sea Slugs of the Red Sea." year="2008">Yonow 2008</bibRefCitation>
), Oman, South Africa, Philippines, Australia (
<bibRefCitation id="784200F642FDC7A7CBCBFB26652226D3" author="Debelius, H" journalOrPublisher="IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" refId="B20" refString="Debelius, H, 1996. Nudibranchs and sea snails: Indo-Pacific field guide. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt" title="Nudibranchs and sea snails: Indo-Pacific field guide." year="1996">Debelius 1996</bibRefCitation>
), Madagascar, Bali, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii (
<bibRefCitation id="34CD17877F534A453847554F3FE96A2F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/002229301750384310" author="Johnson, RF" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="1371 - 1398" refId="B39" refString="Johnson, RF, Valdes, A, 2001. The Hypselodoris infucata, H. obscura and H. saintvincentius species complex (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae), with remarks on the genus Brachychlanis Ehrenberg, 1831. Journal of Natural History 35: 1371 - 1398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/002229301750384310" title="The Hypselodoris infucata, H. obscura and H. saintvincentius species complex (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae), with remarks on the genus Brachychlanis Ehrenberg, 1831." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/002229301750384310" volume="35" year="2001">
Johnson and
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2001
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;
<bibRefCitation id="8C80C26D0D73CA882B5556C091C1475D" author="Gosliner, TM" journalOrPublisher="Sea Challengers Natural History Books and the California Academy of Sciences, California" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" refId="B29" refString="Gosliner, TM, Behrens, DW, Valdes, A, 2008. Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and the California Academy of Sciences, California" title="Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna." year="2008">Gosliner et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), Gulf of Kutch and Lakshadweep, India (
<bibRefCitation id="9E189720D363DDB7CAC9648F9C87B74B" author="Apte, D" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="162 - 175" refId="B6" refString="Apte, D, 2009. Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep islands, India with 52 new records to Lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 106: 162 - 175" title="Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep islands, India with 52 new records to Lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1." volume="106" year="2009">Apte 2009</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7DBCA721FDBDDF63C5AC631DCF24EBE3" author="Apte, D" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="14 - 23" refId="B7" refString="Apte, D, Bhave, V, Parasharya, D, 2010. An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Opisthobranch fauna of Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India with 21 new records for Gujarat and 13 new records for India: part 1. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 107: 14 - 23" title="An annotated and illustrated checklist of the Opisthobranch fauna of Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India with 21 new records for Gujarat and 13 new records for India: part 1." volume="107" year="2010">Apte et al. 2010</bibRefCitation>
), Larak and Lavan islands, Iran (
<bibRefCitation id="156BE7986F6E1D0F7C026897EDEB0575" author="Rezai, H" journalOrPublisher="In: Tyron GW, Pislbry HA (Eds) Manual of Conchology" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" refId="B49" refString="Rezai, H, Sei, Ali M, Parviz, TK, Hamid Reza, B, Keivan, K, 2016. Nudibranchs from the Northern Persian Gulf. Journal of the Persian Gulf (Marine Science) 23/24: 71-78." title="Nudibranchs from the Northern Persian Gulf. Journal of the Persian Gulf (Marine Science) 23 / 24: 71 - 78." year="2016">Rezai et al. 2016</bibRefCitation>
), Mozambique (
<bibRefCitation id="441891ECD7F1E7B2F4C99BC51AA40DC3" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1" author="Tibirica, Y" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 133" refId="B59" refString="Tibirica, Y, Pola, M, Cervera, JL, 2017. Astonishing diversity revealed: annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique. Zootaxa 4359: 1 - 133, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1" title="Astonishing diversity revealed: annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1" volume="4359" year="2017">
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et al. 2017
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), Pakistan (Gul, 2019), Thailand (
<bibRefCitation id="2A18A454A4684B7D98F29BCA85CC37E5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474" author="Mehrotra, R" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="73 - 188" refId="B42" refString="Mehrotra, R, Caballer Gutierrez, MA, Scott, CM, Arnold, S, Monchanin, C, Viyakarn, V, Chavanich, C, 2021. An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters. ZooKeys 1042: 73 - 188, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474" title="An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474" volume="1042" year="2021">Mehrotra et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
), and Kuwait (this study).
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<paragraph id="6DA6A4589EDA404DFC13D557E1A1E435" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Remarks.</paragraph>
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This species exhibits a high degree of variability in colour pattern and the bright yellow spots observed in the individual during the present study was similar to a specimen recorded from Eilat, northern Red Sea (
<bibRefCitation id="3233FDF74752F1CB76BC4259B87B88F8" author="Ben Tov, I" journalOrPublisher="Motupore Island Research Centre (MIRC), School of Natural and Physical Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" publicationUrl="http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9458" refId="B10" refString="Ben Tov, I, 2003. [Mar 26] Hypselodoris infucata from the Red Sea. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9458" title="[Mar 26] Hypselodoris infucata from the Red Sea. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney." url="http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9458" year="2003">Ben Tov 2003</bibRefCitation>
). A second colour morph (Fig.
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) was also recorded with triangular blue grey patches on the either side of the dorsum as illustrated in
<bibRefCitation id="E3399F1E5DDBB8D29728E8CC7020D440" author="Yonow, N" journalOrPublisher="Pensoft Publications, Sofia / Moscow" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" refId="B68" refString="Yonow, N, 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Publications, Sofia/Moscow" title="Sea Slugs of the Red Sea." year="2008">Yonow (2008)</bibRefCitation>
.
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can be easily confused with
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<emphasis id="699868C363769EED6786B063B839F8E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H. kanga</emphasis>
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Rudman, 1977 due to morphological similarities (
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;
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). In
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<emphasis id="66EFF68B8212DC9EC39B0E573AE8E430" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H. infucata</emphasis>
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the gills are rather simple with a bright red line on the outer and inner edges, whereas in
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<emphasis id="ED03E2FD3169FCB01D69EB31806DCF4A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H. kanga</emphasis>
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, they are triangular with three lines and, distinctively, with white or yellow spots in-between (
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). Bluish purple lines usually occur in the dorsum of
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<emphasis id="A6DD0D2AE98D4F7E3DC01320C8EB44CC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H. kanga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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); however, individuals observed in this study only have dark blue or black spots.
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differs externally from another congener,
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<emphasis id="EA22657B253B3B4F5AB8D2F0A4B95844" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H. roo</emphasis>
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Gosliner &amp; Johnson in
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, in not having a white spot at the base of the rhinophores on the posterior side and a broad posterior portion of the notum (
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). A new record to Kuwait.
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