Chromodoris orientalis from Hong Kong

July 15, 2001
From: Leslie Chan


Dear Bill,

Could you identify this nudibranch which I photographed in Hong Kong.
Details: 15m, Shek Ngau Chau, Hong Kong. 25 October 2000.

Thanks
Leslie Chan

leslie@lesmart.com

Chan, L., 2001 (Jul 15) Chromodoris orientalis from Hong Kong. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4765

Dear Leslie,
This is Chromodoris orientalis. The white mass on the edge of the mantle just in front of the gills is the exuded contents of a mantle gland. There is some debate about whether the chromodorid mantle glands have pores through which their contents can be released. Whether they do or don't, it is not unusual to find animals like this in which the contents of one or more glands has 'escaped'. If there are no structural pores, then it seems there are structural 'weak points' through which the gland contents can escape.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 15). Comment on Chromodoris orientalis from Hong Kong by Leslie Chan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4765

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