Chromodoris fidelis from South Africa

April 2, 2000
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Please help by identifying this nudibranch for me. I am beginning to feel very guilty for all my pestering!
Locality: South Coast KwaZulu-Natal SOUTH AFRICA. Park Rynie - 34m
Date: March 2000
Size: 12mm
Regards
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2000 (Apr 2) Chromodoris fidelis from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2184

Dear Valda,
This is one of the colour forms of Chromodoris fidelis. It looks very like the one from the Red Sea at the top of the page.
Don't worry about sending messages. That's the purpose of the Forum. Every message you send is a bit of information shared. Your photos ahve probably doubled our knowledge of the South African opisthobranch fauna.

This photo is a good example. Chromodoris fidelis is quite variable in colour. By recording the colour varieties and where they occur, we can hopefully see if there is any geographic pattern to the variation, such as the unique colour form found in eastern Australia.

So keep the questions and photos coming. I can't always answer them immediately, but I will do my best.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Apr 2). Comment on Chromodoris fidelis from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2184

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