Chromodoris quadricolor

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.

Chromodoris quadricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
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)

Distribution

This dorid nudibranch was described from the Red Sea where it is one of the commonest 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]

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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.


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