| Godiva quadricolor | |
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| The nudibranch Godiva quadricolor, 40 mm long, Algoa Bay, South Africa, 18-20 m. | |
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| Species: | G. quadricolor |
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| Godiva quadricolor | |
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Hervia quadricolorBarnard, 1927 (original combination) | |
Godiva quadricolor is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]
This species was described from St. James, False Bay, South Africa. It occurs on the South African coast from the Cape Peninsula to East London, intertidally to 20 m. [3] It has also been reported from the Mediterranean, off western Australia and West Africa.
Godiva quadricolor is a slender pale-bodied nudibranch with many cerata striped in bands of blue, yellow and orange. Its head is orange with rugose orange rhinophores and has a pair of orange oral tentacles with a white central stripe. [4] [5] Specimens from Western Australia differ significantly in colour and may represent another species. [6]
Godiva quadricolor preys on hydroids and on other nudibranchs. Its egg ribbon is a globular mass of white zigzags.
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