Chromodoris

Chromodoris

Chromodoris quadricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855^[1]
Species
See text

Chromodoris is a genus of very colorful sea slugs or dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. ^[2]

Species

Species in the genus Chromodoris include:

Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904
Chromodoris aila Er. Marcus, 1961
Chromodoris albonares Rudman, 1990
Chromodoris albopunctata Garrett, 1879
Chromodoris albopustulosa Pease, 1860
Chromodoris alius Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris alternata Burn, 1957
Chromodoris ambigua Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris annae Bergh, 1877
Chromodoris annulata Eliot, 1904
Chromodoris aspersa Gould, 1852
Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881
Chromodoris aureopurpurea Collingwood, 1881
Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990
Chromodoris binza Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
Chromodoris boucheti Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris britoi Ortea & Pérez, 1983
Chromodoris buchananae Gosliner & Behrens, 2000
Chromodoris burni Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris cazae Gosliner & Behrens, 2004
Chromodoris charlottae Schrödl, 1999
Chromodoris clenchi Russell, 1935 - the harlequin blue doris
Chromodoris clitonota Bergh, 1905
Chromodoris coi Risbec, 1956
Chromodoris colemani Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris collingwoodi Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris conchyliata Yonow, 1984
Chromodoris daphne Angas, 1864
Chromodoris decora Pease, 1860
Chromodoris dianae Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
Chromodoris dictya Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
Chromodoris elegantula Philippi, 1844
Chromodoris elisabethina Bergh, 1877
Chromodoris epicuria Basedow & Hedley, 1905
Chromodoris fidelis Kelaart, 1858
Chromodoris galactos Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985
Chromodoris galexorum Bertsch, 1978
Chromodoris geminus Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris geometrica Risbec, 1928
Chromodoris gleniei Kelaart, 1858
Chromodoris goslineri Ortea & Valdés in Ortea, Valdés & Garcia Gómez, 1996
Chromodoris grahami Thompson, 1980
Chromodoris hamiltoni Rudman, 1977
Chromodoris heatherae Gosliner, 1994 - Red-spotted nudibranch
Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
Chromodoris hunteri Rudman, 1983
Chromodoris joshi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
Chromodoris kitae Gosliner, 1994
Chromodoris krohni Vérany, 1846
Chromodoris kuiteri Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris kuniei Pruvot-Fol, 1930
Chromodoris lekker Gosliner, 1994
Chromodoris leopardus Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris lineolata Hasselt, 1824
Chromodoris lochi Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris loringi Angas, 1864
Chromodoris luteopunctata Gantes, 1962
Chromodoris luteorosea Rapp, 1827
Chromodoris macfarlandi Cockerell, 1901 - Three-stripe doris
Chromodoris magnifica Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Chromodoris mandapamensis Valdes, Mollo, & Ortea, 1999
Chromodoris marislae Bertsch in Bertsch, Ferreira, Farmer, & Hayes, 1973
Chromodoris michaeli Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
Chromodoris multimaculosa Rudman, 1987
Chromodoris naiki Valdes, Mollo, & Ortea, 1999
Chromodoris neona Marcus, 1955
Chromodoris norrisi Farmer, 1963
Chromodoris obsoleta Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831
Chromodoris orientalis Rudman, 1983
Chromodoris pantherina
Chromodoris paulomarcioi Dominguez, Garcia & Troncoso, 2006
Chromodoris perola Ev. Marcus, 1976
Chromodoris petechialis Gould, 1852
Chromodoris ponga Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
Chromodoris preciosa Kelaart, 1858
Chromodoris purpurea Risso in Guerin, 1831
Chromodoris quadricolor Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828
Chromodoris regalis Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2001
Chromodoris roboi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
Chromodoris rodomaculata Ortea & Valdés, 1991
Chromodoris rolani Ortea, 1988
Chromodoris rubrocornuta Rudman, 1985
Chromodoris rufomaculata Pease, 1871
Chromodoris ruzafai Ortea, Bacallado, & Valdes, 1992
Chromodoris sinensis Rudman, 1985
Chromodoris socorroensis Behrens, Gosliner & Hermosillo, 2009
Chromodoris sphoni Marcus, 1971
Chromodoris splendida Angas, 1864
Chromodoris striatella Bergh, 1877
Chromodoris strigata Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris tasmaniensis Bergh, 1905
Chromodoris tennentana Kelaart, 1859 - synonyms: Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904; Chromodoris vicina
Chromodoris thompsoni Rudman, 1983
Chromodoris tinctoria Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831 - synonyms: Chromodoris alderi, Chromodoris reticulata
Chromodoris trimarginata Winckworth, 1946
Chromodoris tritos Yonow, 1994
Chromodoris tumulifera Collingwood, 1881
Chromodoris verrieri Crosse, 1875
Chromodoris vibrata Pease, 1860
Chromodoris westraliensis O'Donoghue, 1924
Chromodoris willani Rudman, 1982
Chromodoris woodwardi Rudman, 1983

Synonyms

Chromodoris agassizii is a synonym of Hypselodoris agassizii
Chromodoris antonii is a synonym of Mexichromis antonii
Chromodoris australis is a synonym of Thorunna australis
Chromodoris banksi is a synonym of Glossodoris dalli
Chromodoris baumanni Bertsch, 1970 is a synonym of Glossodoris baumanni (Bertsch, 1970)
Chromodoris bennetti is a synonym of Hypselodoris bennetti
Chromodoris bistellata is a synonym of Aphelodoris antillensis
Chromodoris bullocki is a synonym of Hypselodoris bullocki
Chromodoris californiensis is a synonym of Hypselodoris californiensis
Chromodoris carnea is a synonym of Hypselodoris carnea
Chromodoris dalli is a synonym of Glossodoris dalli
Chromodoris dollfusi is a synonym of Hypselodoris dollfusi
Chromodoris festiva is a synonym of Mexichromis festiva
Chromodoris flava is a synonym of Noumea flava
Chromodoris francoisae is a synonym of Mexichromis francoisae
Chromodoris ghanensis is a synonym of Glossodoris ghanensis
Chromodoris ghardaqana is a synonym of Risbecia ghardaqana
Chromodoris godeffroyana is a synonym of Risbecia godeffroyana
Chromodoris haliclona is a synonym of Noumea haliclona
Chromodoris imperialis is a synonym of Risbecia imperialis
Chromodoris kempfi is a synonym of Mexichromis kempfi
Chromodoris lemniscata is a synonym of Durvilledoris lemniscata
Chromodoris lilacina is a synonym of Discodoris lilacina
Chromodoris lineata nigrolineata is a synonym of Hypselodoris nigrolineata
Chromodoris maculosa is a synonym of Hypselodoris maculosa
Chromodoris mariei is a synonym of Mexichromis mariei
Chromodoris maritimais a synonym of Hypselodoris maritima
Chromodoris nigrostriata a synonym of Hypselodoris nigrostriata
Chromodoris nyalya is a synonym of Hypselodoris nyalya
Chromodoris orsinii is a synonym of Hypselodoris orsinii
Chromodoris peasei is a synonym of Hypselodoris peasei
Chromodoris perplexa is a synonym of Digidentis perplexa
Chromodoris placida is a synonym of Hypselodoris placida
Chromodoris porterae is a synonym of Mexichromis porterae
Chromodoris pusilla is a synonym of Durvilledoris pusilla
Chromodoris rosans Bergh, 1889 : synonym of Hypselodoris rosans (Bergh, 1889)
Chromodoris saintvincentius is a synonym of Hypselodoris saintvincentius
Chromodoris sedna is a synonym of Glossodoris sedna
Chromodoris semperi nigrostriata is a synonym of Hypselodoris nigrostriata
Chromodoris sibogae is a synonym of Glossodoris sibogae
Chromodoris sonora is a synonym of Glossodoris dalli
Chromodoris tricolor is a synonym of Hypselodoris tricolor
Chromodoris tryoni is a synonym of Risbecia tryoni
Chromodoris tura is a synonym of Mexichromis tura
Chromodoris varians is a synonym of Noumea varians
Chromodoris villafranca is a synonym of Hypselodoris villafranca
Chromodoris youngbleuthi is a synonym of Glossodoris rufomarginata
Chromodoris zebra is a synonym of Hypselodoris zebra
Chromodoris zebrina is a synonym of Hypselodoris zebrina

References

SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). Malacologia 14: 147–165. .

^ Alder J. & Hancock A. (1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Part 7, Appendix xvii.
^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137782 on 2011-01-14

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