Chromodoris sphoni
(Marcus, Ev., 1971)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Tropical east Pacific from Mexico to Panama.

PHOTO

Costa Rica, January, 2000. PHOTO: Terry Gosliner.

Grows to about 40mm in length.
Very similar colour pattern to Hypselodoris agassizii. One difference is that in H. agassizii the rhinophores are all black, whereas on C. sphoni only the tips are.

Reference:
• Marcus, Ev. (1971) On some euthyneuran gastropods from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39: 355-369.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 24) Chromodoris sphoni (Marcus, Ev., 1971). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chrospho

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