Chromodoris sp from Philippines

July 11, 2007
From: Sylvain Le Bris

Dear Bill

Is it possible that this nudibranch is a color variation of Chromodoris magnifica?

The orange band is marginal and not submarginal like in C. magnifica.

Locality: Sindigan wall, Sabag, 25m, North Mindoro, Philippines, South China Sea, April 2007. Length: 6cm. Photographer: Sylvain Le Bris.

Sylvain Le Bris

sylvain.lebris@freesbee.fr

Le Bris, S., 2007 (Jul 11) Chromodoris sp from Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20072

Dear Sylvain,
No this isn't C. magnifica. There are still a few puzzles amongst the black-lined chomodorids and I think this is one I am calling Chromodoris cf. africana. I can't even be sure all the animals I have put on this pages are the same but I find it a useful start to try putting 'look-alikes' together. Normally I do this privately and make many changes before I come up with a workable hypothesis which is worth testing, but the Forum forces me to make my mistakes very publicly. So just remember not everything I say may stand the test of time - or the test of more evidence.

What is quite interesting in your photo is the bright red sponge your chromodorid has its head on. Have you any more photos of this animal which may show the sponge in greater detail - or may show the chromodorid feeding perhaps?

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 11). Comment on Chromodoris sp from Philippines by Sylvain Le Bris. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20072

Factsheet

Chromodoris cf. africana

Related messages

  1. Re: Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India
    From: Franco De Lorenzi, May 6, 2010
  2. Chromodoris cf. africana from Madagascar [1]
    From: Sully et Monika Bachel, February 13, 2009
  3. Re: Chromodoris elisabethina from Indian Ocean?
    From: Sylvain Le Bris, January 29, 2009
  4. Chromodoris cf africana & C. cf. strigata from Exmouth
    From: Bruce Potter, April 4, 2008
  5. Chromodoris cf. africana from Exmouth, Western Australia
    From: Bruce Potter, April 4, 2008
  6. Chromodoris elisabethina? from the Philippines
    From: Erwin Koehler, June 27, 2001
  7. Chromodoris cf. africana from Sulawesi
    From: Lindsay Warren, January 27, 2001
  8. Chromodoris cf. africana from South Africa
    From: Valda Fraser, January 27, 2000
  9. Chromodoris cf. africana from Okinawa?
    From: Bob Bolland, July 19, 1999

Show factsheet and all related messages