Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Chromodoris sp.

Photographed by: Colin Teo

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Family:	Chromodorididae
Species:	Chromodoris sp.

An undescribed species.

By contrast Chromodoris dianae is characterised by the absence of any orange marginal dashes.

An undescribed species. A photo of this same species from the Maldives is on page 177 of Nudibranchs of the World by Helmut Debelius and Rudie Kuiter.

An undescribed species that is similar to, but different from, Chromodoris lochi.

An undescribed species.

Juvenile. This individual is too immature to display adult colours and patterns, so is unidentifiable.

An undescribed species. The simple dorsal pattern of black lines is like that seen in Chromodoris lochi, but the sky blue colour (instead of white in Chromodoris lochi) and yellow-orange rhinophores and gills (instead of pale pink as in Chromodoris lochi) are consistently different. So I agree with Kuiter and Debelius (in their new book Nudibranchs of the World page 176) that this is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species. The simple dorsal pattern of black lines is like that seen in Chromodoris lochi, but the sky blue colour (instead of white in Chromodoris lochi) and yellow-orange rhinophores and gills (instead of pale pink as in Chromodoris lochi) are consistently different. So I agree with Kuiter and Debelius (in their new book Nudibranchs of the World page 176) that this is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species. The simple dorsal pattern of black lines is like that seen in Chromodoris lochi, but the sky blue colour (instead of white in Chromodoris lochi) and yellow-orange rhinophores and gills (instead of pale pink as in Chromodoris lochi) are consistently different. So I agree with Kuiter and Debelius (in their new book Nudibranchs of the World page 176) that this is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species. The simple dorsal pattern of black lines is like that seen in Chromodoris lochi, but the sky blue colour (instead of white in Chromodoris lochi) and yellow-orange rhinophores and gills (instead of pale pink as in Chromodoris lochi) are consistently different. So I agree with Kuiter and Debelius (in their new book Nudibranchs of the World page 176) that this is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species. The simple dorsal pattern of black lines is like that seen in Chromodoris lochi, but the sky blue colour (instead of white in lochi) and yellow-orange rhinophores and gills (instead of pale pink as in lochi) are consistently different. So I agree with Kuiter and Debelius (in their new book Nudibranchs of the World page 176) that this is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species.

An undescribed species.

Too juvenile to identify.

An undescribed species. Here another photo of this species

An undescribed species. In their recent book, Helmut Debelius and Rudie Kuiter (page 174) rightly consider this as a new species, but they suggest it is endemic to the Philippines. This nice photo of a typical individual shows it occurs in Indonesia as well.

An undescribed species. In having numerous white spots this specimen has a resemblance to Glossodoris stellata, but that species has more numerous white speckles, the background is black, the rhinophores are speckled with white and the mantle margin is wavy.

Closest to Chromodoris lochi, but probably an undescribed species restricted to Asia.

An undescribed species. If this photo had been in sharp focus, it would have revealed numerous glandular pores in the blue sections on the upper surface of the mantle, as in Chromodoris annae and Chromodoris westraliensis. But this species is consistently different from both Chromodoris annae and from Chromodoris magnifica, to suggest it is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species. If this photo had been taken dorsally, it would have revealed numerous glandular pores on the upper surface of the mantle, as in Chromodoris annae and Chromodoris westraliensis. But this species is consistently different from both Chromodoris annae and from Chromodoris magnifica, to suggest it is an undescribed species.

An undescribed species belonging to the Chromodoris magnifica species group.

An undescribed species.

Locality:

• Indonesia
  • Lembeh (7) Mar, Jul, Sep, Nov, Dec
  • Manado (4) Jan, Feb, Apr, Jul
  • Ambon (2) Mar, Oct
  • Bunaken (2) Sep
  • Bali (2) Jun, Dec
  • Raja Ampat (2) Jan, Mar
  • Wakatobi (1)
• Vietnam
  • Vietnam (2)
• China
  • Paracel Islands (2)
• Philippines
  • Anilao (1) Apr
  • Panglao (1) Dec
• Malaysia
  • Aur - Dayang (1) Jun
  • Mabul (1) Jul
  • Lankayan (1)

 

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