Chromodoris annae from Sulawesi

November 19, 1998
From: Lindsay Warren


Dear Bill

Have just returned from three months once again working with Operation Wallacea on Pulau Hoga in the Tukang Besi Islands off SE Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Could you help us identify this photo? The left one probably a Chromodoris elisabethina and the right one possibly a Ch. annae. The second photo is of another Chromodorid with the 'grainy' blue of a C. annae but with additional black markings along the dorsum.

We have found many specimens with varying colour patterns which seem related to either Ch. annae or C. elisabethina and I will forward these to you as soon as they have been scanned in.

Many thanks for your help,
Lindsay Warren

75 Netherwood Road,
London W14 0BP

100014.2112@compuserve.com

Warren, L., 1998 (Nov 19) Chromodoris annae from Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/316

Dear Lindsay,
I think you are correct in identifying the animals in the top photo,, although the left one does suggest a punctate blue pattern. The punctate blue pattern is very characteristic of C. annae. I am less sure of the second photo, but your mention of a similar punctate blue pattern would tend to tip the scales towards C. annae. As more material appears from Indonesia and the Philippines the clear distinction in colour pattern between Ch. annae and C. elisabethina is starting to blur. It is certainly starting to look a bit like one of the colour forms of Chromodoris westraliensis.

Best wishes,
Bill

Rudman, W.B., 1998 (Nov 19). Comment on Chromodoris annae from Sulawesi by Lindsay Warren. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/316

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