Re: Colour variation in Chromodoris splendida

November 7, 2006
From: Nerida Wilson

Concerning message #18180:

Dear Bill and others,
Do you think this animal could be Chromodoris verrieri instead? The mantle bands are difficult to see in this photo, although laterally there seems to be only a gold band, I think there is evidence of an outer maroon one in the anterior region.
kind regards
Nerida

wilsong@auburn.edu

Wilson, N.G., 2006 (Nov 7) Re: Colour variation in Chromodoris splendida. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18208

Dear Nerida,
You could indeed be right, but certainly down the side of the animal there seems no sign of a red border. In an earlier series of photos from Bruce Wilkie [see message #15876], I remark on an animal which seems to have a red as well as a yellow mantle border around the head end  but not down the sides. From my experience C. verrieri has a very noticeable red outer, and yellow inner band all around the mantle edge. Then again, from my experience, C. splendida should only have a yellow band. I guess the red spots on Bruce Wilkie's earlier photo is what links this animal with red around the anterior end to C. splendida rather than C. verrieri.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Nov 7). Comment on Re: Colour variation in Chromodoris splendida by Nerida Wilson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18208

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