Chromodoris aureopurpurea? from Papua New Guinea

August 15, 2000
From: M.J. Adams


Hi Bill,
Is this Chromodoris aureopurpurea? I found it crawling over a silty sand slope at Luadi, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, March, 1999.
Depth = 10 meters
Crawling length = 32 mm

Thanks!
Mary Jane

mjadams@earthlink.net

Adams, M.J., 2000 (Aug 15) Chromodoris aureopurpurea? from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2837

Dear Mary Jane,
Another interesting photo. It has similarities to Chromodoris rufomaculata and Chromodoris alius in having such fine yellow spots, but both those species have no colour in the gills, and only Chromodoris aureopurpurea has the large purple spots inside the translucent bluish purple border. The yellow spots, especially those flanking the inside of the purple spots, are also typical of C. aureopurpurea, as are the larger brownish spots in the central part of the mantle.

The photos increase our knowledge of the colour variation in this species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Aug 15). Comment on Chromodoris aureopurpurea? from Papua New Guinea by M.J. Adams. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2837

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