Chromodoris annae

Chromodoris annae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species: C. annae
Binomial name
Chromodoris annae
Bergh, 1877[1]

Chromodoris annae is a species of sea slug, a very colourful nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species of nudibranch is found in the central area of the Indo-Pacific region from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to the Marshall Islands.[3]

Description

Chromodoris annae can reach a maximum size of 5 cm length.[4] The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle hiding partially the foot. The branched gills and the rhinophores are orange to yellow. The main background color is bluish, the intensity of the latter varying from blue-grey to intense blue, slightly speckled by tiny black spots. The blue dorsal side and the foot are bordered with a black line which can be discontinuous depending on the specimen. A black dash between the rhinophores distinguishes this species from similar species like Chromodoris elisabethina and Chromodoris westraliensis. The mantle edge and the foot are bordered with white and orange to yellow lines in which the width and the color intensity can vary greatly from a specimen to another.[3][5]

Ecology

This nudibranch feeds on the sponge Petrosaspongia sp..[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Bergh L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 11, pp. 429-494, pls. 54-57.
  2. ↑ Caballer, M. (2015). Chromodoris annae Bergh, 1877. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-05
  3. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 1998 (November 19) Chromodoris annae Bergh, 1877. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Christian Robilliart (2010) Chromodoris annae Sous les Mers.
  5. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 183-241.
  6. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Jan 29). Comment on Chromodoris annae on sponge by Roberto Sozzani. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  7. ↑ Rudman, W. B. & Bergquist, P. R. (2007) A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca). Molluscan Research, 27(2): 60-88

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