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© The Malacological Society of London 1994
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NORTH ATLANTIC NUDIBRANCHS OF THE CHROMODORTS CLENCHI COLOUR GROUP (OPISTHOBRANCHIA: CHROMODORIDIDAE)
Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Laboratorio de Zoología, Universidad de Oviedo Jesús Arias de Vetasco sin, 33005 Oviedo, Spain; and 1Instituto de Oceanología, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Avenida I1entre 184 y 186, #18406 Municipio Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
The correct identity of three chromodorid nudibranch species, Chromodoris clenchi, C. neona and C. binza is established on the basis of material from the Caribbean Sea. These three species are compared with C. britoi, from the northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. All four species have a colour pattern of cream with red (or yellow) lines and blue spots.
(Received 30 March 1993; accepted 20 November 1993)