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/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist

Nudibranchs, The Naked-Gill Sea Slugs, pt. 3  Dorids

To: Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 4, Pt. 5, Pt. 6, Pt. 7, Pt. 8, Pt. 9, Pt. 10, Pt. 11, Pt. 12, Pt. 13, Pt. 14, Pt. 15, Pt. 16    

By Bob Fenner

Phyllodesmium longicirrum

Chromodoris quadricolor Ruppell & Leuckart 1828. Red Sea, eastern Africa... changing and being called other species heading into the Pacific (C. annae, C. elizabethina, C. magnifica).  To 4.5 cm. in length. Below: in Bunaken, Indonesia, an aquarium and in the Red Sea. http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Chromodoris+quadricolor+
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Chromodoris reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1832). Reticulated red/white pattern on back. East Africa to the Philippines. Here in N. Sulawesi.

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Chromodoris rufomarginata, white-margin sea slug or caramel Nudibranch... maybe a nomen nudum... see the genus Glossodoris below...  http://forum.kapalselam.org/2005/06/08/orange-chromodoris/

 

Chromodoris sphoni, Red Cross Nudibranch. Seen from above, the dorsal red cross pattern is definitive (along w/ dist.) To 1.25" length. To 60 ft. depths. Central Sea of Cortes to Panama. Noted to feed on red sponge. Cabo 2016; Di pic.

Chromodoris vibrata (Pease 1860), the Trembling Nudibranch. Named for the continuous movement of its gills (other chromodorids exhibit this behavior as well). Possibly a Hawaiian endemic (but may be found in Okinawa as well). Shallows to 80 ft. To 1 1/4". Kona pic. 

Chromodoris willani. Pale blue bodied, black lines. Small gills, inconsistently colored tentacles and large rhinophores also speckled white. Feeds on sponges. Fiji and S. Sulawesi images. 

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Chromodoris sp. 6 according to Gosliner, Behrens, Valdes 2008. S. Leyte 2013

Genus Glossodoris

Glossodoris atromarginata. East Africa, Red Sea to Japan, Indonesia. To 9 cm. N. Sulawesi pic. 

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Glossodoris cincta. Red Sea, Eastern Africa, Japan, Fiji. To 6 cm. N. Sulawesi pix. 

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Glossodoris cruentus Rudman 1986. Western Pacific. S. Sulawesi pix. 

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Glossodoris (also see Chromodoris)rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890). Red Sea, Eastern Africa, Fiji, Hawai'i. To 5 cm. N. Sulawesi pix. 

Glossodoris sedna. Red-tipped Dorid. White body, red tipped rhinophores and gills. Yellow and red margins on the foot. Cortez to Columbia. Puerto Vallarta 2015

Glossodoris stellatus. New Guinea, Indonesia. To 13 cm. Distinctive black bodied, white speckled animals. Found on flexible sponges in N. Sulawesi here. 

Glossodoris sp. N. Sulawesi pix. 

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