Pretty Chromodoris elisabethina

August 14, 2000
From: Stuart Hutchison

Dear Bill,
This guy/girl was found on Flinders Reef (Great Barrier Reef - Australia) in March 2000 at about 6m deep at the top of a coral bommie. It was a cooperative specimen that seemed happy under the limelight.
Stuart

hutchco@tpg.com.au

Hutchison, S., 2000 (Aug 14) Pretty Chromodoris elisabethina. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2864

Dear Stuart,
Seems like you had an interestng visit to the Great Barrier Reef. In any chromodorid beauty contest Chromodoris elisabethina would certainly be amongst the medals.

At the risk of sounding pedantic, I have corrected your spelling of the name 'elizabethina' to 'elisabethina'. Bergh used the 'z' version invalidly in 1875, but in the first valid description (1877) he spelt it with an 's'. To any English speaker, where Elizabeth is usually spelt with a 'z' it is a trap.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Aug 14). Comment on Pretty Chromodoris elisabethina by Stuart Hutchison. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2864

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