Chromodoris macfarlandi from California coast

February 7, 2007
From: Ken Tucker

I found this one in my files. Unfortunately, all I know is that it was photographed in the US Channel Islands sometime in the mid-1990s.

As it's a reasonable photo, and a bit different than others in the thread, I thought it might be of interest.

Locality: Channel Islands, California, USA, Pacific Ocean, mid-1990s. Photographer: Ken Tucker.

Ken Tucker

ken@kilili.com

Tucker, K., 2007 (Feb 7) Chromodoris macfarlandi from California coast. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19382

Hi Ken,

We have discovered some amazing thngs going through files lately, but I digress. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, this is Chromodoris macfarlandi. Actually it is pretty typical, considering the slide may have aged. Like most nudibranchs, this species exhibits quite some variability in color. I have documented specimens where the three longitudinal lines are even made up of collection of randomly sized specks and spots. Some specimens have a white marginal band and some do not. Three longitudinal yellow lines, purple gill and rhinophores, and you have C. macfarlandi

Thanks,
Dave Behrens

Behrens, D.W., 2007 (Feb 7). Comment on Chromodoris macfarlandi from California coast by Ken Tucker. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19382

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