Chromodoris africana from Red Sea

July 7, 2000
From: Jochen Scholtyssek

Dear Bill,

Here are some Video-Pictures for you of a nudibranch from the Red Sea.

April 2000. ROYAL Diving Center, Akaba, Jordan. Depth 15m.

Best wishes,
Jochen Scholtyssek

joscholty@t-online.de

Scholtyssek, J., 2000 (Jul 7) Chromodoris africana from Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2674

Note: I now think Jochen's photos [and Debelius'] are of C. quadricolor. See my comments in later message. I suspect the red sponge is the food choice of C. quadricolor, and if you look carefully traces of blue can be seen in the central region of the mantle. Dec 14. 2002 .. Bill Rudman

Dear Jochen,
This is Chromodoris africana. It is often photographed on this orange-red sponge which Debelius identifies as Latrunculia magnifica in his book. He identifies this animal as Chromodoris quadricolor, but that species has a blue background colour on the central part of the mantle and a very thin white line separating the black bands from the orange border.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jul 7). Comment on Chromodoris africana from Red Sea by Jochen Scholtyssek. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2674

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