Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan

January 31, 2001
From: Kazuko Matsuda


Dear Bill

I found these animals at Sunabe in Okinawa, Japan, and I cannot identify. You mention some species name which have very similar colour patterns to Chromodoris verrieri on its page. Is this one of them?

Data:
Upper: 7 May 2000, 12mm long, 6m depth Lower: 3 May 2000, 10mm long, 17m depth

Sincerely,
Kazuko Matsuda

matsu@ii-okinawa.ne.jp

Matsudo, K., 2001 (Jan 31) Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2843

Dear Kazuko,
This is an interesting find. The only white unspotted chromodorid I can think of with a submarginal yellow band like this is Chromodoris aureomarginata from New Zealand, which has white gills and rhinophores. Your animal is probably an unnamed species. I would need to know something about its anatomy before I could definitely say whether it is a Chromodoris or belongs to a related genus.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 31). Comment on Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan by Kazuko Matsuda. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2843

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