Chromodoris dianae
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Chromodoris dianae.jpg
| image_caption = Chromodoris dianae
| image2 = Chromodoris dianae (AA3).jpg
| image2_caption = Chromodoris dianae from Verde Island, the Philippines
| genus = Chromodoris
| species = dianae
| authority = Gosliner & Behrens, 1998{{cite journal |last1=Gosliner |first1=Terrence M. |last2=Behrens |first2=D.W. |title=Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean |journal=Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences |series=4th series |date=1998 |volume=50 |issue=5 |pages=139–165 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15659747 }}
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Chromodoris dianae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.{{cite WoRMS |title=Chromodoris dianae Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 |year=2022 |id=457494 |db=Marine Mollusca |access-date=17 February 2022}}
Distribution
Description
Chromodoris dianae can reach a maximum size of 4 cm length.Christian Robilliart (19 August 2011) [http://fran.cornu.free.fr/affichage/affichage_nom.php?id_espece=1626 Chromodoris dianae.] At Sous les Mers. The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a skirt like mantle partially hiding the foot. This species is very similar in appearance to Chromodoris lochi although it can be distinguished from the latter by the broken black lines, (as opposed to continuous) and the sprinkling of white specks on the notum.P.L. Beesley, G.J.B. Ross, A. Wells, (1998) Mollusca - The southern synthesis, vol.5, CSIRO, 1998, {{ISBN|0-643-05756-0}}Behrens, D. W., 2005. Nudibranch behaviour, New World Publications Inc., {{ISBN|978-1878348418}}Gary Cobb & Richard Willan, Undersea jewels - a colour guide to nudibranchs, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2006, {{ISBN|0642568472}} Chromodoris dianae has white gills and rhinophores with distinct yellow-orange tips. The original description includes animals which belong to another species (Chromodoris cf. dianae) which are distinguished by a colour pattern which includes gills and rhinophores orange throughout, orange markings at the edge of the mantle and a different pattern of black markings; confirmed as species level differences by DNA sequences.{{cite journal |last1=Layton |first1=Kara K.S. |last2=Gosliner |first2=Terrence M. |last3=Wilson |first3=Nerida G. |title=Flexible colour patterns obscure identification and mimicry in Indo-Pacific Chromodoris nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Chromodorididae) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |date=2018 |volume=124 |pages=27–36 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.008 |pmid=29476907|doi-access=free |bibcode=2018MolPE.124...27L }}Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 25). [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4665 Comment on Variation? in Chromodoris dianae by Bernard Picton.]
Ecology
Chromodoris dianae, like many other nudibranchs, feeds on sponges. It has been reported to eat Cacospongia mycofijiensis and Petrosaspongia nigra, both in the family Thorectidae.{{cite journal |last1=Rudman |first1=W. B. |last2=Bergquist |first2=P. R. |title=A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) |journal=Molluscan Research |date=2007 |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=60–88 |doi=10.11646/mr.27.2.2 |url=https://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v27/2007f/n2p088.htm}}
References
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External links
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