Chromodoris sp. 12

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

PHOTO

Sunabe, Okinawa, Japan. Upper: 7 May 2000, 12mm long, 6m depth. Lower: 3 May 2000, 10mm long, 17m depth. PHOTOS: Kazuko Matsuda

See message below.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 24) Chromodoris sp. 12 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/chrosp12

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Chromodoris sp 12 from Kii Peninsula, Japan

November 13, 2001
From: Yasuhiro Shirai

Dear Bill,
I have attached an image of an animal I found at Kushimoto area, Kii Peninsula, central Japan. It hid under a rock.
First time, I thought that it was Chromodoris sinensis, but my animal doesn't have a red outer line around the mantle border.
Depth: -4m
Length: 5mm
Water temperature: 26 degrees.

Please identify this animal.
Sincerely,
Yasuhiro Shirai

yasuhiro@sea-slug.com

Shirai, I., 2001 (Nov 13) Chromodoris sp 12 from Kii Peninsula, Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5513

Dear Yasuhiro,
This looks to be the same as Kazuko Matsuda's animal from Okinawa. I am sure that it does not have a name so I am temporarily calling it Chromodoris sp. 12. However we won't know whether it is a Chromodoris, or a member of a related genus, until we know something about its anatomy.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Nov 13). Comment on Chromodoris sp 12 from Kii Peninsula, Japan by Yasuhiro Shirai. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5513

Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan

January 31, 2001
From: Kazuko Matsuda


Dear Bill

I found these animals at Sunabe in Okinawa, Japan, and I cannot identify. You mention some species name which have very similar colour patterns to Chromodoris verrieri on its page. Is this one of them?

Data:
Upper: 7 May 2000, 12mm long, 6m depth Lower: 3 May 2000, 10mm long, 17m depth

Sincerely,
Kazuko Matsuda

matsu@ii-okinawa.ne.jp

Matsudo, K., 2001 (Jan 31) Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2843

Dear Kazuko,
This is an interesting find. The only white unspotted chromodorid I can think of with a submarginal yellow band like this is Chromodoris aureomarginata from New Zealand, which has white gills and rhinophores. Your animal is probably an unnamed species. I would need to know something about its anatomy before I could definitely say whether it is a Chromodoris or belongs to a related genus.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 31). Comment on Chromodoris sp. from Okinawa, Japan by Kazuko Matsuda. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2843