Chromodoris aureopurpurea
Collingwood, 1881
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Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Erwin,
I think you mean Chromodoris rufomaculata. Your photo is of 'typical' C. aureopurpurea. One of the characteristic features of its colour pattern are the yellow caps that sit on top of each of the purple spots around the mantle edge. However, just to complicate things have a look at the C. rufomaculata Fact Sheet where I suggest that further studies might show that a number of these similarly coloured species may be colour variants of one species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Bali, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Erwin Kodiat |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot A80 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | January 1, 2006 |
| Viewed: | 439 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 5 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Chromodoris aureopurpurea |