Chromodoris leopardus from Solomon Ids

May 23, 2001
From: Bruce Potter


Bill,
Last sunday I found a small Chromodoris leopardus at about 8 meters on a rubble site just on the outskirts of Honiara, Solomon Islands. It was about 2cm long [Upper photo].

I had previously found a much larger one near the same place a couple of years ago. It was about 40mm long. [Lower photo].

Regards
Bruce Potter

bruce.potter@adventist.org.sb

Potter, B., 2001 (May 23) Chromodoris leopardus from Solomon Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4357

Thanks Bruce,
Sometimes small animals like you upper photo are not that easy to distinguish externally from Risbecia tryoni. Sometimes you can see the mantle glands, which in C. leopardus form a diffuse submarginal band all around the mantle while in R. tryoni the glands are small white spheres right at the mantle edge, small along the sides and larger posteriorly.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 23). Comment on Chromodoris leopardus from Solomon Ids by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4357

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