Chromodoris quadricolor

Chromodoris quadricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Chromodoris
Species:	C. quadricolor
Binomial name
Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) [1]
Synonyms
Chromodoris quadricolor quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) Doris quadricolor Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 (original combination) Glossodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Chromodoris quadricolor is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. ^[2] The specific epithet quadricolor means four-coloured, so-named because this nudibranch is yellow, white, blue and black in color.

Distribution

This dorid nudibranch was described from the Red Sea where it is one of the most common nudibranchs. It has been reported from other localities in the Western Indian Ocean. ^[3]

Two individuals on a red sponge (possibly the food species), photographed at night off of Dahab, Egypt, in the Red Sea.

Ecology

This species feeds on the red sponge Negombata magnifica (Keller, 1889). ^[4]

References

1. Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. (1828-1830). Mollusca [in Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell.] 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt, H.L. Brönner pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830], page(s): 31; pl. 9 fig. 2
2. MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830). Accessed on 2019-01-28.
3. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 8) Chromodoris quadricolor (Ruppell & Leuckart,, 1828). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Rudman W.B. & Bergquist, P.R., 2007. A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca). Molluscan Research 27(2): 60–88.

External links

• Photos of Chromodoris quadricolor on Sealife Collection