Abnormal Chromodoris annae

June 12, 2003
From: Paul Whitehead

Dear Bill,
I believe that this nudibranch may be Chromodoris annae but it seems to have a have developed a oddity on its back - what do you think?

Photograph was taken in Puerta Gallera, Philippines in May 2003 at 20-25 meters (site: The Boulders)

Paul Whitehead

whitehead@damnam.org

Whitehead, P., 2003 (Jun 12) Abnormal Chromodoris annae. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10202

Dear Paul,
I agree with your identification, and yes it has a definite oddity on its mantle. An early nudibranch expert, Charles Eliot, once describd a new genus for a specimen of the related genus Hypselodoris which he found with the gill opening in the posterior midline below the mantle edge. This is a very similar sort of abnormality.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jun 12). Comment on Abnormal Chromodoris annae by Paul Whitehead. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10202

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