Chromodoris albonares from American Samoa

September 5, 2001
From: Don Barclay


Hello Bill,
I managed to get in one last snorkeling trip before I left Pago Pago, and here is the most interesting creature that I found. It looks a lot like your Chromodoris albonares, but I'm not sure if there are some features that I am missing which would lend it a different name.

It was collected 25 August 2001, about 1700 local time, crawling across a piece of coral rubble on the reef flat 1m deep, about 200 meters west of Onesosopo Point, east Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa. It measured 13mm outstretched.

Hope all is well there,
Thanks as always,
Don

n5ols@samoatelco.com

Barclay, D., 2001 (Sep 5) Chromodoris albonares from American Samoa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5177

Dear Don,
A nice little last find. Yes I am sure this is Chromodoris albonares. The simple colour pattern, including the heavily pigmented opaque white mantle and the prominent white edged rhinophore clubs are the reason I called it 'albonares' [= white nose]. Known at present from Eastern Australia and New Caledonia, your find increases its known distribution by a considerable distance.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Sep 5). Comment on Chromodoris albonares from American Samoa by Don Barclay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5177

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