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

Chromodoris annae is a species of sea slug, a very colorful nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

Description

Chromodoris annae is blue with black longitudinal lines, and a white and orange mantle edge. The blue areas are flecked with tiny black dots. The colors can vary. This species is similar in appearance to Chromodoris elisabethina although lacks that species' central black line on the upper mantle.

Distribution

This species of nudibranch is found in the Western Pacific Ocean from Malaysia and the Philippines to the Marshall Islands.

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  Chromodoris annae.

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  Chromodoris annae in the Philippines.

References

• Debelius, Helmut, 2001, Nudibranchs and Sea Snails: Indo-Pacific Field Guide, IKAN - Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, Germany.

External links

• Chromodoris annae at nudipixel [1]
• http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=chroanna