OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH OF THE WEEK
Chromodoris boucheti Rudman, 1982 (17mm)
Opisthobranch of the Week Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Chromodorididae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #2588
- Location: Horseshoe Cliffs, Okinawa (26°30.0'N, 127°50.9'E)
[Both collected specimens from Horseshoe Cliffs]
- Date: 9 June, 1991 [17 May, 1991]
- Depth: 220ft (67.1m) [140ft]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Not recorded
- Size: TL 17mm [9mm & 17mm]
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Chromodoris boucheti is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected a total of only two individuals over a period of more than twenty-five years of diving here. C. boucheti is one of several similarly pigmented chromodorids found here on Okinawa, although the two Okinawa-collected specimens are unique enough to be readily separated to species.
Page Date: 06 Oct '97
Page Modification Date: 08 Apr '02
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