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Godiva quadricolor Four-colour Nudibranch

Godiva quadricolor is commonly referred to as Four-colour Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Godiva quadricolor, a frame, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2018 (CC-BY-SA)


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lexID:
11183 
AphiaID:
225518 
Scientific:
Godiva quadricolor 
German:
Vier-Farben Fadenschnecke 
English:
Four-colour Nudibranch 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Myrrhinidae (Family) > Godiva (Genus) > quadricolor (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Barnard, ), 1927 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Australia, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Italy, Morocco, North Pacific (Ocean), South-Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
8 - 20 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
59 °F - 82.4 °F (15°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Cnidaria, Hydrozoa polyps, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-27 13:09:49 

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Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927)

Godiva quadricolor, commonly known as the Four-colour Nudibranch, has as slender body. Brown cerata striped in bands of blue, yellow and orange. Its head is orange, orange rhinophores and has a pair of orange oral tentacles with a white central stripe.

Godiva quadricolor preys on anemones, hydroids and on other nudibranchs.

Very similar is Godiva rachelae. They differ in colour and in the shape of the radular teeth.

Synonymised names
Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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