original description
Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599953 [details]
basis of record
Rudman, W. B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: <em>Chromodoris splendida</em>, <em>C. aspersa</em> and <em>Hypselodoris placida</em> colour groups. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 78: 105-173.
page(s): 166 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Additional information Rudman (1983) includes this species in the Chromodoris splendida color group and gives a brief description, he also compares it with C. aspersa. [details]