Chromodoris leopardus
Rudman, 1987
Photographed by: Karen Ranga
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Species: | Chromodoris leopardus |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #4458
I think this is Chromodoris leopardus because the black spots are quite large and several of them are hollow. By contrast, Risbecia tryoni would have more numerous smaller black spots with no white centres.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Bali (13) Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct
- Raja Ampat (3) Feb
- Manado (2) Jun, Nov
- Komodo (2) May
- Derawan (1)
- Ambon (1) Jan
- Lombok (1) Dec
- Fakfak (1) Jan
- North Sulawesi (1) Feb
- Malaysia
- Perhentian (3) Jul, Sep
- Tioman (2) May, Aug
- Malaysia (1) Oct
- Australia
- Queensland (1) Jan
- Timor-Leste
- Timor-Leste (1)
Pictures of Chromodoris leopardus
Similar Species
Author: Nila Murti
Risbecia tryoni has somewhat longish body form compared to Chromodoris leopardus which is more oval like. It also has a reduced mantle overlap, while Chromodoris leopardus has a wide mantle overlap. Both have very narrow purple colour band at the mantle edge. However in Chromodoris leopardus there is a second, broader white border immediately inside.
Perhaps the clearest difference is in the markings on the purplish or brownish mantle; Risbecia tryoni has dark round spots encircled by whites, while in Chromodoris leopardus the white-haloed markings are hollow rings, like in its namesake, the leopard.
