Selection: Chromodoris aureopurpurea

Chromodoris aureopurpurea Collingwood, 1881

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Chromodoris aureopurpurea is characterised by a white mantle with yellow to dull brown irregular spots all over the central region. At the edge of the mantle is a band of diffuse watery purple and on its inside edge is a submarginal band of large deep purple spots. The rhinophore clubs are heavily pigmented with purple or reddish brown and edged in white. The gills are translucent purple or red-brown, and also edged with white. Similar are:
Chromodoris collingwoodi which differs by its large central reddish / orange-brown patch, and irregular purple border of the mantle, then a broad region in which there are small yellow and larger purple spots.
Chromodoris tennentana which differs by its large central reddish / orange-brown patch, and bluish purple border of the mantle, the white region inside it has yellow spots. It has large purple spots each surrounded by a white ringm restricted to the central patch.
More informations on Chromodoris aureopurpurea are at Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum!