Chromodorid sp. 1.
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae
PHOTO
Halifax Park, Port Stephens, New South Wales in 20m. January 2000, PHOTO: David & Leanne Atkinson
See message below.
Authorship detailsRudman, W.B., 2000 (February 11) Chromodorid sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/chromodsp1
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Chromodorid from New South Wales
February 12, 2000
From: David & Leanne Atkinson
Hi Bill,
Lots of nudis around at the moment !
Leanne & Janalie found the attached fellow last weekend at Halifax Park in 20m. Any ideas ? Seems to have little wings like a Thecacera.
David & Leanne Atkinson
atkin@hunterlink.net.au
Atkinson, D. & L., 2000 (Feb 12) Chromodorid from New South Wales. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1802Dear David & Leanne,
I think this is the photo that Wayne Ellis has identified as Noumea laboutei in his latest Australian Nudibranch News.
It looks superficially like N. laboutei but is either an undescribed species either of the chromodorid genus Diversidoris or possibly a new genus. I have found yellow and a pink colour forms, and like Verconia verconis, which is also variable in colour, it has a reticulate pattern on the mantle similar to that of the sponge it lives and feeds on.
The 'wings' on each side of the body are in fact all that is left of a fairly damaged mantle skirt. In most chromodorids, this part of the mantle would be protected by mantle glands, but interestingly in this genus, as you can see in the photo, the mantle glands are quite a distance in from the mantle edge.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
