Chromodoris quadricolor
Chromodoris quadricolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Chromodoris |
Species: | C. quadricolor |
Binomial name | |
Chromodoris quadricolor (Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828) | |
Chromodoris quadricolor is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc.
The specific epithet quadricolor means four-coloured, so-named because this nudibranch is yellow, white, blue and black in color.
Distribution
This dorid nudibranch lives in the Western Indian Ocean.
References
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