OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH OF THE WEEK
Chromodoris coi (Risbec, 1956) 27mm
Opisthobranch of the Week Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Chromodorididae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3145-L
- Location: Tengan Pier, Okinawa (26o24.0'N, 127o51.1'E)
[H/S Cliffs, Seragaki, Tengan, White Beach]
- Date: 20 March, 1993 [Mar '87, May '89, Apr '90, Mar '91, Mar '93]
- Depth: 40ft (12.2m) [10ft, 10ft, 10ft, 40ft, 40ft]
- Water temperature at collection depth: 65.1oF (18.4oC)
- Size: TL 27mm [13mm, 25mm, 27mm, 33mm, 48mm]
- Specimen deposited: RFB Personal Research Collection
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Although only five specimens of Chromodoris coi have been collected, these attractive chromodoridid are considered to be uncommon, instead of rare on Okinawa, as I have seen and photographed a good many more than have been collected.
The featured animal was found crawling amid mixed strewn coral rubble and silty-sand, beneath the Tengan Pier.
Copyright © 1999 Robert F. Bolland
Digitally manipulated photo
