Tryon'S Hypselodoris

Hypselodoris tryoni has a brown body and white foot. The body and upper dorsum are covered in purple spots ringed with white or light-brown. The gills are typically translucent white or light-brown and the rhinophores are brown to dark-brown and covered in circular white lines. It has a thin blue or purple line on the mantle edge. There is some colour variation between individuals. Hypselodoris tryoni is similar in appearance to Goniobranchus geminus, Goniobranchus kuniei and Goniobranchus leopardus, although it lacks the wide purple mantle edge line present in those species. Goniobranchus species also tend to have a lower, more rounded body. Sea slugs such as Hypselodoris tryoni, are known to exhibit trailing behaviour where up to four animals will follow one another very closely, often touching. It is not known what causes this behaviour.

This species was described from the Society Islands. It is reported to occur widely in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean from Australia to the Philippines.

Like many slugs in the genus Chromodorididae, Risbecia tryoni feeds on sponges and have been seen feeding on sponges from the family Dysidea. When feeding they are sometimes accompanied by a group of shrimp, Periclimenes imperator, in an apparent form of commensalism.