Chromodoris hamiltoni

Chromodoris hamiltoni is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Chromodoris hamiltoni
The nudibranch Chromodoris hamiltoni, Pemba Island, Tanzania.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Chromodoris
Species:
C. hamiltoni
Binomial name
Chromodoris hamiltoni
Rudman, 1977[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Tanzania. It has been reported from Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar and Réunion.[4][5]

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References
  1. Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61: 351-397.
  2. Caballer, M. (2015). Chromodoris hamiltoni Rudman, 1977. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-06
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 8) Chromodoris hamiltoni Rudman, 1977. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Tibiriçá, Y.; Pola, M.; Cervera, J. L. (2017). Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique. Zootaxa. 4359 (1): 001–133, p. 37, fig. 11B
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