Chromodoris dianae
Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
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Comment from Dave Behrens: Awesome shot of Chromodoris dianae.
Regarding a question about distinguishing Chromodoris dianae with Chromodoris lochi: In Chromodoris dianae the black lines are broken. In Chromodoris lochi the gills and rhinopores are purplish, not yellow-orange. Most important – Chromodoris dianae has a sprinkling of white snow flakes over the blue notum.
| Location: | Raja Ampat, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Trent Burkholder |
| Taken on: | December 3, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 590 times |
| Posted: | 10 months ago |
| Updated: | 9 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Chromodoris dianae |