OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH OF THE WEEK
Chromodoris vibrata (Pease, 1860) 24mm
Opisthobranch of the Week Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Chromodorididae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #2957
- Location: Horseshoe Cliffs (26o30.0'N, 127o50.9'E)
- Date: 24 April, 1992 [No other specimens]
- Depth: 10ft (3.0m) [No other specimens]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Not recorded
- Size: TL 24mm [No other specimens]
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Chromodoris vibrata is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a solitary individual. The lone animal was found crawling amid mixed stony corals near the reef edge, approximately 30 meters from shore.
Copyright © 1999 Robert F. Bolland
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