Chromolaichma

Chromolaichma
Chromolaichma sedna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Subfamily:	Chromodoridinae
Genus:	Chromolaichma Bertsch, 1977
Type species
Chromolaichma sedna Bertsch, 1977

Chromolaichma is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

• Chromolaichma dalli Rudman, 1990
• Chromolaichma edmundsi Rudman, 1985
• Chromolaichma hemera Layton & N. G. Wilson, 2024
• Chromolaichma sedna Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967

Synonyms

• Chromolaichma punctilucens (Bergh, 1890): synonym of Felimida punctilucens
• Chromolaichma youngbleuthi (Kay & D. K. Young, 1969): synonym of Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)

References

• Rudman, W. B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenberg (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86: 101-184.

External links

• Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
• Matsuda, S. B.; Gosliner, T. M. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Glossodoris (Ehrenberg, 1831) nudibranchs and related genera reveals cryptic and pseudocryptic species complexes. Cladistics.