Chromodoris kuniei 'colorful' mating
March 16, 2006
From: R. Grooters and M. Snoek
Hello Bill,
We didn't find any mating pictures of Chromodoris kuniei on the Forum and since we found this two 'colors' mating, we thought it might be of interest. What colors will the offspring has?
Locality: Nudi retrait, Lembeh Strait, 24 m, Manado, Indonesia, Malukku Sea, 6 June 2004, coral on mud. Length: 4 cm. Photographer: Mieke Snoek.
Reindert Grooters and Mieke Snoek
mieke.reindert@chello.nl
Grooters, R. & Snoek, A., 2006 (Mar 16) Chromodoris kuniei 'colorful' mating. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16116Dear Reindert & Mieke,
It's nice to see the extremes of the colour variation in this species mating. The size of the spots seem to be the main area of variability in this species. There are one other set of mating photos on the Forum, of this species, in a message from Mary Jane Adams [#5811]. Remarkably the pair could be the same as yours, one with large spots, one with small.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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