Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India
May 5, 2010
From: Deepak Apte
Concerning message #22337:
Is this animal Chromodoris hamiltoni?
Locality: Andaman, 10m, India, Bay of Bengal, 8 April 2009, Coral reef. Length: 23mm. Photographer: Vardhan Patankar.
Deepak Apte
spiderconch@gmail.com
Apte, D.A., 2010 (May 5) Chromodoris hamiltoni ? from India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23138Dear Deepak,
No this is not C. hamiltoni. It is a species which is characterised by its orange background colour and black lines edged in white. At present I am calling it 'Chromodoris cf colemani' but there are probably two or even three 'species' clustered together under that name. Until we get more material for comparison I am not sure if these are all varieties of one new species or perhaps variations of existing species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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