Chromodoris mandapamensis from Myanmar

May 14, 2003
From: Mary Jane Adams

Hi Bill,
I found this nudibranch crawling on a wall at 17 meters at Three Islets, Mergui Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Myanmar on Feb. 27, 2003. It was 18mm long. I knew I had never seen it before, so I asked Angel Valdes if he could ID it. He said it was Chromodoris mandapamensis, which he had described from southern India.
Best regards,
Mary Jane

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Adams, M.J., 2003 (May 14) Chromodoris mandapamensis from Myanmar. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9416

Dear Mary Jane,
I agree that this is what Angel described as Chromodoris mandapamensis. However I feel C. mandapamensis is a colour form of C. striatella, and have placed a number of similarly coloured animals on a 'spotted C. striatella' page. I am also posting today a photo from Indonesia of an animal with some lines broken into spots, which seems to me to be pretty good evidence they are the same. I guess only time will tell who's correct.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 14). Comment on Chromodoris mandapamensis from Myanmar by Mary Jane Adams. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9416

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