Diversidoris crocea (Rudman, 1986)

This has always been one of my favorite chromodorids, but I personally have never seen one alive. What a cutie. The genus includes only a few species.

This species is bright yellow with a thick opaque white marginal band. The gill and rhinophores are yellow. The mantle margin is extremely undulate.

Some diversidorids have small tubercles on the dorsum but D. crocea has a smooth dorsum

Marcel Tanke presently again lives in his native country, the Netherlands. He started diving during the 14 years that they lived in China and Korea. Marcel has BSAC Instructor diving level. Diving took him pretty much all over Asia and many other places. Nudibranchs became his main interest after several trips to the Philippines and Indonesia. Marcel is still using a "point and click" camera, currently Olympus TG-6.

Send Marcel email at marceltanke52@gmail.com