Chromodoris galactos
Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from the Marshall Islands.

PHOTO

Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Photo: Scott Johnson.

Another of the white chromodorids with either an orange, yellow, red or purple mantle margin or some combination of these colours. C. galactos falls into the C. fidelis colour group and is characterised by a submarginal reddish-maroon or purplish band with scattered bright white spots, probably glandular in nature.

Reference:
•Rudman, W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83: 241-299.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 30) Chromodoris galactos Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/chrogala

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Chromodoris galactos from Enewetak Atoll

January 1, 2001
From: Scott Johnson

Hi Bill,

Here are some images of Chromodoris galactos from Enewetak Atoll. These three specimens were in the 15 to 25mm range. So far, I've found this species only at Enewetak, although it is obviously closely related to Marshall Islands' C. rubrocornuta (in particular, the single specimen from Rongelap Atoll, e181r).

Scott

johnson@kmr.ll.mit.edu

Johnson, S., 2001 (Jan 1) Chromodoris galactos from Enewetak Atoll. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3446

Thanks Scott,
As I have suggested in reply to your earlier message I suspect e181r is C. galactos rather than C. rubrocornuta.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 1). Comment on Chromodoris galactos from Enewetak Atoll by Scott Johnson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3446