Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California Compiled & photographed by Gary McDonald, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz |
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Chromodoris macfarlandi Cockerell, 1901 | |
MacFarland's Chromodorid | |
Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridina: Eudoridoidea: Chromodorididae | |
Geographic Range: Monterey Bay, CA, to Bahia Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico. | Synonyms: Glossodoris macfarlandi |
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Del Monte Beach, Monterey Co., CA; May 1998. |
Description: Ground color deep, vivid purple (somewhat paler in occasional individuals). A medial stripe of yellow-gold on dorsum, and a similar stripe antero-laterally on either side of the dorsum. A band of yellow-gold on margin of dorsum, and an inner band of white. Rhinophores purple (usually somewhat darker than dorsum) with 16-20 lamellae. Branchial plumes 10-14, unipinnate, violet to purple (usually somewhat darker than dorsum) . |
La Jolla, San Diego Co., CA; 25 Jun 1975; 24mm total length. |
Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA; 5 Feb 1986. |
Monterey Breakwater, Monterey Co., CA; 17 Aug 1978; 37mm total length. |