Chelidonura inornata Baba, 1949

Chelidonura inornata is seen in a variety of mostly lagoon reef and pinnacle habitats. Often if you see one, there will be others in the near vicinity.

When they are out, you can often catch two or more in the act of mating, as in the two photos below.

This specimen released the reddish substance when disturbed.

Unless they are eating it, most opisthobranchs seem to avoid crawling on coral. Yet we often see Chelidonura inornata on live colonies of various hard corals, particularly Montipora. Perhaps their food source can be found on the coral.

Created 27 January 2007
Updated 5 January 2009