Re: Chromodoris tritos

October 20, 1999
From: Erwin Koehler

Bill,
here is one more Chromodoris tritos from the Maldives, Ellaidhoo Is., divesite "Orimas Faru", size 2 cm, depth 14, date Nov. 1996.

I saw about 10 specimens at Ellaidhoo. Two of them had black spots and smaller red ones. I don't know if Chr. geminus is reported with red spots.
Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 1999 (Oct 20) Re: Chromodoris tritos. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1441

Thanks Erwin,
I have arrowed the two red spots in your photo. Because of the nature of the pigment involved in the dark brown/purple spots of these animals, when pigment density is low the spots appear red or reddish brown. This can often be seen in juveniles, but also in adults. I have seen this in Chromodoris kuniei, and you can see it in photos of juveniles on the Chromodoris geminus, and Risbecia tryoni pages.
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Oct 20). Comment on Re: Chromodoris tritos by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1441

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