Chromodoris kuniei from the Coral Sea

October 1, 2005
From: Marc Saunders

Dear Dr. Rudman,
I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you for making the Sea Slug Forum possible. When I first got into diving, I thought it would be the deep dives and wrecks that would lure me into the 10C waters during Melbourne's winter. I would never have guessed that dive objectives and plans now revolve around 15 mm slugs. This photo is from an absolute pearler of a dive on Big Dipper, an extended system of reef and bommies on the outer Great Barrier Reef straight out from Townsville.

Locality: Big Dipper, outer Great Barrier Reef , east of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Coral Sea. Depth: 12 m. Length: 1.5 cm. 20 April 2005. Photographer: Marc Saunders.

Cannot find this in any of my resources. Would certainly appreciate your help
Marc Saunders.

marc@irm.net.au

Saunders, M., 2005 (Oct 1) Chromodoris kuniei from the Coral Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14858

Dear Marc,
This is Chromodoris kuniei. As you may have noticed it is one of a group of species which flap their mantle in a very characteristic way, usually with the whole of the mantle edge rising and falling together. In your photo it looks like it is just starting the upstroke.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Oct 1). Comment on Chromodoris kuniei from the Coral Sea by Marc Saunders. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14858

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