Colour form of Chromodoris striatella

May 17, 2000
From: D.& L. Atkinson

Hi Bill,

Here is another pic from Judi Martin which we are having trouble identifying. I scanned them off slides, so they are not very clear.
It is from Little Beach, Port Stephens, [New South Wales, Australia]

David & Leanne Atkinson

atkin@hunterlink.net.au

Atkinson, D. & L., 2000 (May 17) Colour form of Chromodoris striatella. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2386

Dear David & Leanne,
This is a colour form of Chromodoris striatella. I have only found this form in New South Wales, (eastern Australia). If you look at the photos from Darwin, at the top of the page you will see there is a pattern of 5 darkish patches, 2 behind the rhinophores, 2 in front of the gills, and one in the middle. Although it is a bit hard to see the detail in Judi Martin's photo, in the photo I have added to the right, you can see that in this darker colour form these 5 patches have enlarged to dominate the colour pattern. However, if you look carefully, there are still traces of the characteristic black lines.

PHOTO: Solitary Islands, off Coff's Harbour, northern New South Wales, January 1989. PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 17). Comment on Colour form of Chromodoris striatella by D.& L. Atkinson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2386

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