Re: Chromodoris hintuanesis from the Solomons

February 25, 2008
From: Barbara Hanchard

Concerning message #21298:

Bill,
While editing photos I spotted something which I think is unusual on another Chromodoris hintuanesis. I found this animal a week later on 16 Dec 2007 at a different group of islands (Floridas) from the one posted on 1 Feb (Russells).
It seems to have spiral filament going between the rhinophores. It looks like the wire filament in a light bulb or is it a pattern on the mantle? Do you know what it is?

Locality: Tulaghi, Florida Islands, 10 meters, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean, 16 December 2007, Sandy sloping reef. Length: 15mm. Photographer: N. Barbara Hanchard.

N. Barbara Hanchard

barbara.hanchard@ffa.int

Hanchard, N.B., 2008 (Feb 25) Re: Chromodoris hintuanesis from the Solomons. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21394

Dear Barbara,

The short answer is no. I am not sure if you still use slide film or if you ever take photos in a dish or aquarium, or handle the animals in the field?

Why I ask is that my first thought was a bit of cotton or nylon thread. Sometimes with slides a bit of stray material lands on the transparency and is 'captured' in scans or prints. However since it clearly goes behind one of the rhinophores, if it is a foreign object then it is on the animal not the film.  Certainly it is possible for small hairs and threads to be caught on an animal which is in a dish in the lab waiting to be photographed.  Otherwise I have no suggestions.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 25). Comment on Re: Chromodoris hintuanesis from the Solomons by Barbara Hanchard. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21394

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