Re: Chromodoris boucheti with a yellow trim on Pemba

April 18, 2006
From: Pasquale Pascullo

Concerning message #16373:

Hello Bill,
I thought we IDed this as a C. boucheti from Pemba when I shot it in Feb 06. Now looking at this picture, with the yellow mantle trip, I am not sure. Let alone, I am not sure if the underlying surface helps you with a possible food?

Locality: Pemba islands, 10 meters, Tanzania, Indian ocean, Feb 06. Photographer: Pasquale Pascullo.

Pasquale Pascullo

pp@ppfotos.com

Pascullo, P., 2006 (Apr 18) Re: Chromodoris boucheti with a yellow trim on Pemba. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16384

Dear Pasquale,
No this is C. boucheti. If the yellow edged one turns out to be different them it will need the new name not your one. However I think the black lines on the gills - both on the inside and outside edges - are a pretty good indicator of this species. We know little about this species so finding new things about its colour variation is always to be expected.

Concerning the sponge. It's always possible it is feeding on this sponge, but it looks in this photo to be crawling over the top of the colony rather than settling down to feed. I could be quite wrong so if you have any other photos of it or its kind on this sponge, or any other sponge for that matter,  I would be interested in seeing them.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 18). Comment on Re: Chromodoris boucheti with a yellow trim on Pemba by Pasquale Pascullo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16384

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