Chromodorid from Bonaire

October 17, 2007
From: Per Lagerberg

Please help me identify this one

Locality: Bonaire, Playa Funchi, 15 metres, Atlantic Ocean, 12 September 2007, on top of coral. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Per Lagerberg.

Per Lagerberg

haytand@hotmail.com

Lagerberg, P., 2007 (Oct 17) Chromodorid from Bonaire. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20967

Dear Per,

This species is on the Forum from Bonaire as Hypselodoris sp 5 [#9824] but it is also identified as H. bayeri. I am afraid it is one of a group of Caribbean species which were not well defined when they were first named. As we know very little about their colour variability it is still almost impossible to decide how many species there are. Other possible names are H. marci and perhaps H. acriba.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Oct 17). Comment on Chromodorid from Bonaire by Per Lagerberg. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20967

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