Chromodoris elisabethina

Scientific name : Chromodoris elisabethina

Blue background. a black line alla around the mantle, another longitudinal median line on the back. Orange rhinophores and mantle edge. 2 cm. A blue Chromodoris species complex exist, to which 7 species belong (in our area): Chromodoris annae, Chromodoris elisabethina, Chromodoris lochi, Chromodoris willani, Chromodoris dianae.
C. elisabethina is identified by the orange mantle edge. This character is also in Chromodoris annae, but the latter has a black punctuation on the back, and never has a median longitudinal black line.

Associated organisms
With its food sponges.

Author MASSIMO BOYER Id: 2