Chromodoris quadricolor

Chromodoris quadricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Chromodoris
Species:	C. quadricolor
Binomial name
	Chromodoris quadricolor; (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
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 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]

References[]

^ 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
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830). Accessed on 2019-01-28.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 8) Chromodoris quadricolor (Ruppell & Leuckart,, 1828). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ 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

[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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