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Hypselodoris maridadilus Magenta-Striped Nudibranch, Beautiful Hypselodoris, Maridadi Hypselodoris

Hypselodoris maridadilus is commonly referred to as Magenta-Striped Nudibranch, Beautiful Hypselodoris, Maridadi Hypselodoris. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Hypselodoris maridadilus, Sharky Reef, Tanzania 2025


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lexID:
8242 
AphiaID:
209601 
Scientific:
Hypselodoris maridadilus 
German:
Maridadi Hypselodoris, Magenta-Gestreifte Prachtsternschnecke 
English:
Magenta-Striped Nudibranch, Beautiful Hypselodoris, Maridadi Hypselodoris 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Hypselodoris (Genus) > maridadilus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Rudman, 1977 
Occurrence:
Arabian Sea, Australia, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Red Sea, South-Africa, Tansania, the Seychelles, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
- 2 Meter 
Habitats:
Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-08-13 10:56:21 

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Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977

Hypselodoris maridadilus has a yellow body with purple longitudinal lines. The mantle is purple bordered. Gills and rhinophores are bright orange-red. Hypselodoris maridadilus feeds exclusively on sponges(dysideid sponges).The name derives from “maridadi,” the Swahili word for “beautiful.”

Very similar is Hypselodoris whitei with white-tipped rhinophores and the gills gills have a white inner edge.

Synonymised names
Doris lineata Souleyet, 1852 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Doris...)
Hypselodoris lineata (Souleyet, 1852) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 24.03.2024.
  3. Seaslugs of Hawaii (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Seaslugs.free.fr (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Spawn

Hypselodoris maridadilus,Three Hypselodoris maridadilus with eggsLembeh Strait,Lembeh Sulawesi Indonesia,2019
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Hypselodoris maridadilus
Hypselodoris maridadilus

Commonly

Hypselodoris maridadilus Copyright Bo Davidsson
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Hypselodoris maridadilus, Sharky Reef, Tanzania 2025
Hypselodoris maridadilus, Sharky Reef, Tanzania 2025
Hypselodoris maridadilus, Sharky Reef, Tanzania 2025
Hypselodoris maridadilus,35mm, Kwajalein
Hypselodoris maridadilus,35mm, Kwajalein

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