Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   detail	Chromodoris petechialis Gould, 1852   Maximum size: 70 mm (Gosliner, et. al., 2008). Identification:  This species has a pale-salmon notum spotted with red and margined with yellow. The rhinophores are yellow and the gills are white with red lines on their inner and outer surfaces. The notum is decorated with low, conical pustules that distinguish it from the similar appearing Chromodoris sp. #1. It differs from Chromodoris sp. #5 in its darker background color and spotted (as opposed to reticulate) notum. Natural history:  Chromodoris petechialis is known from one animal found at Honolulu in the 1800s (the basis of the 1852 description) and two animals photographed on Oahu in 1959. The 1959 animals may have come from Kaneohe Bay, a shallow highly protected site. Distribution:  Oahu. Taxonomic notes:  This species was first reported from Hawaii in Gould, 1852 and appears to be closely related to Chromodoris sp. #5 with both species being part of the Indo-Pacific Chromodoris tinctoria complex. For further discussion see The Sea Slug Forum. There is some possibility Chromodoris sp. #5 might ultimately prove to be a color form of C. petechialis. The name means “blood vessel hemorrhages” referring to the pattern on the notum. Photo:  Paul A. Zahl: animals probably from Kaneohe Bay, Oahu; 1959: Photo courtesy of the National Geographic Society. Copyright: National Geographic Magazine. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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