Chromodoris sp e248
20mm

This apparently undescribed Chromodoris resembles Chromodoris elisabethina, but lacks the blue color and wide light orange margin of that species. It also has some characteristics of Chromodoris strigata and could be a local color form. Finally, it has some resemblance to Chromodoris lochi, which we have seen in the Solomons and Philippines, and which we're quite sure is a different species. Only three specimens have been found in the Marshalls, all measuring 20mm in length and all in ledges at night on an Enewetak Atoll lagoon pinnacle. We have, however, seen a photo by Clay Carlson and Patty Jo Hoff of this species from Guam.

Created 16 December 2005
Updated 14 January 2007

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