Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India

May 5, 2010
From: Deepak Apte

Concerning message #22337:

Is this animal Chromodoris hamiltoni?

Locality: Andaman, 10m, India, Bay of Bengal, 8 April 2009, Coral reef. Length: 23mm. Photographer: Vardhan Patankar.

Deepak Apte

spiderconch@gmail.com

Apte, D.A., 2010 (May 5) Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23138

Dear Deepak,

No this is not C. hamiltoni. It is a species which is characterised by its orange background colour and black lines edged in white. At present I am calling it 'Chromodoris cf colemani' but there are probably two or even three 'species' clustered together under that name. Until we get more material for comparison I am not sure if these are all varieties of one new species or perhaps variations of existing species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (May 5). Comment on Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India by Deepak Apte . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23138

Factsheet

Chromodoris cf. colemani

Related messages

  1. Color form of Chromodoris magnifica?
    From: Kenneth Yong, October 31, 2006
  2. Chromodoris cf. colemani from the Philippines
    From: Erwin Koehler, February 16, 2003
  3. Re: Chromodoris hamiltoni from Pemba
    From: Erwin Koehler, December 16, 2002
  4. Chromodoris cf. colemani from North Sulawesi
    From: Marli Wakeling, October 11, 2002
  5. More on Chromodoris cf. colemani & C. hamiltoni
    From: Bernard Picton , July 7, 2001
  6. Chromodoris cf. colemani from Philippines
    From: Bernard Picton , July 5, 2001
  7. Chromodoris cf. colemani from Malaysia
    From: Aw Seng Meng, June 27, 2001
  8. Chromodoris colemani?
    From: Aloysia Murni Shintosari, September 10, 1998

Show factsheet and all related messages