Chromodoris cf. strigata from Kerama Ids
July 25, 2000
From: Atsushi Ono
Dear Bill
I attached is similar to Chromodoris colemani, Chromodoris strigata ... it is one of the Chromodoris quadricolor group.
Data: At Kerama Is. near Okinawa in Japan. 20mm long, at 15m depth on a rock in May, 2000. Only one individual.
Could you help me to identify this for me?
Sincerely,
Atsushi Ono
ononini@cosmos.ne.jp
Ono, A., 2000 (Jul 25) Chromodoris cf. strigata from Kerama Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2772Dear Atsushi,
It is an interestng find. Although the orange lines suggest C. colemani, orange lines sometimes occur in other species. If we ignore the orange lines I would have said this was C. strigata. In C. colemani the orange border is submarginal. C. strigata, on the other hand, has a marginal orange border and has the same arrangement of greyish translucent patches as your specimen.
At this stage, I would tentatively suggest it is a colour form of C. strigata.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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