Chromodoris michaeli from Ningaloo Reef, W Australia

February 6, 2008
From: Kristin J Anderson


I came across this nudibranch yesterday. It has a pattern I have not seen here before and after browsing the forum, I think it may be Chromodoris michaeli.

It looks like it was seen up north at Ashmore, but there is no listing for this far south as yet.

Locality: Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, 13m, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, Lighthouse Bay, 21 January 2008, limestone coral reef. Length: 4cms. Photographer: Kristin Anderson.

Kristin Anderson

kristin@oceansbyanderson.com

Anderson, K.J., 2008 (Feb 6) Chromodoris michaeli from Ningaloo Reef, W Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21344

Dear Kristin,

Richard Willan's record from Ashmore Reef [#4808] would seem to be the closest. As I discuss there we still need to better understand the relationship between C. michaeli and the other two very similarly coloured species - C. westraliensis, C. annae - which also have a punctate pattern of dark specks on the blue background colour

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 6). Comment on Chromodoris michaeli from Ningaloo Reef, W Australia by Kristin J Anderson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21344

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