Chromodoris hintuanensis from Burma

January 13, 2004
From: Golf Napas


Both picture was taken from OK Rock, Burma-Andaman Sea at December 4, 2003 on sandy bottom. It's about 20mm long at 60ft depth. Isn't it a Chromodoris hintuanensis? The second picture shown a purple tubes behind, isn't it her eggs?
Napas, Golf

napaschon@pacific.co.th

Napas, G., 2004 (Jan 13) Chromodoris hintuanensis from Burma. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11793

Dear Golf,
Thanks for these photos. This species is variable in colour so it is godd to get more phoptos of this yellow spotted form which seems to be more common in the Andaman Sea than further south in Indonesia. Concerning the possible eggs. Have a look at Michael Miller's message for a photo of this species laying its eggs. It;s always very difficult to say and egg belongs to an animal just because its nearby. Eggs last for many days and few animals, apart from fish, stay around to look after their eggs once they have produced them. If the purple things are mollusc eggs they are most likely to be from a snail of some kind. From what I can see they seem to all have hatched. In your photo they seem to be a series of little rings, but what I think they were is a series of dome shaped capsules which have now opened at the top - the opening appearing a bit darker than the rest of the capsule in your photo.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Jan 13). Comment on Chromodoris hintuanensis from Burma by Golf Napas. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11793

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