Chromodoris hamiltoni
Rudman, 1977

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

East Africa

PHOTO

UPPER RIGHT: Pangavini Is, off Kunduchi Bch, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2 Nov 1976, 40mm long.
LOWER LEFT: Fungu Mkadya, off Kunduchi Bch, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 3 Jan 1974, 35mm long.
LOWER RIGHT: Fungu Yasin, off Kunduchi Bch, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 30 Nov 1976.
PHOTOS: Bill Rudman.

Usually a blue background colour but this can be very pale in some specimens. There are usually three thin dark blue black lines down the mantle but sometimes there can be extra lines and sometimes the inner lines can be replaced by broader diffuse brown or orange lines.

Reference:
•Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch mollusca from east Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61: 351-397.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 8) Chromodoris hamiltoni Rudman, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chrohami

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