Re: Chromodoris naiki from Ratnagiri, India

May 29, 2009
From: Vishal Bhave

Concerning message #22316:

Got 2 specimens of Chromodoris naiki both the same color but size was less than 2 mm, so can't get best image.

Those are juveniles ?

Locality: Rock patch, mandavi, Ratnagiri, 1.5 feet, Maharashtra, India, Arabian sea, 27 May 2009, Intertidal, rocky patch with some loose rocks and rock pools. Length: 2-3 mm. Photographer: Vishal Bhave.

Vishal Bhave

vishalbhave@gmail.com

Bhave, V.J., 2009 (May 29) Re: Chromodoris naiki from Ratnagiri, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22503

Dear Vishal,

Yes these are juvenile. Thanks for another photo, showing a slightly different colour variation. As I discuss in your earlier message [# 22316], I have no doubt that this is the species that Winckworth named Glossodoris bombayana. The only difference in his description is that he describes the spots as being black rather than purple, but as we can see in the few photos on the Forum - as C. naiki - the colour of the spots range from quite a light purple to a deep reddish brown. I am sure they are never black but some people have difficult in distinguishing deep purple from black. When you consider all other aspects of the colour pattern down to the greenish tinge and small white spots on the mantle, and all the underside being white I am sure C. naiki is a synonym of G. bombayana.

Before I change the name on the Forum I would welcome any comments.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (May 29). Comment on Re: Chromodoris naiki from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22503

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