Chromodoris albonares? from Japan

November 10, 2001
From: Nishina Masayoshi


Dear Rudman,
What a lovely animal this is! This may be Chromodoris albonares. I've never seen this at Hachijo Island before. I think that C. albonares and Noumea subnivalis look very much alike except for the colour of the rhinophore club.

Date: 3 Nov 2001
Loc: Hachijo Island Japan
Length: 10mm
Depth: 6m

Photo by Nishina Chikako

Best Regards,
Nishina Masayoshi

nishina@wips.co.jp

Nishina, M., 2001 (Nov 10) Chromodoris albonares? from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5633

Dear Nishina and Chikako,
Thank you for these photos. I am pretty sure that it is C. albonares, as you suggest, even though the border is a deeper orange than I have seen before. There are a number of white chromodorids with yellow or orange borders, which differ from each other externally by quite small colour differences.

Now that we have many of them on the Forum I will try and find time to prepare a page on this colour group of species.
Best wishes.
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Nov 10). Comment on Chromodoris albonares? from Japan by Nishina Masayoshi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5633

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