Chromodoris quadricolor
(Ruppell & Leuckart,, 1828)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Western Indian Ocean

PHOTO

UPPER RIGHT: Pangavini Bch, off Kunduchi Bch, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 30mm long alive, Oct 1976. Photo: Bill Rudman.
LOWER LEFT: Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea. Photo: Bernard Picton.
LOWER RIGHT: Bongoyo Is, off Kunduchi bch, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 40mm long alive, 12 Nov 1976. Photo: Bill Rudman.

RELATED TOPIC

Chromodoris africana

One of a group of similarly coloured species. It has a thin pale, almost white band at the mantle edge then a broad band of orange. Inside the orange there is a thin white band which becomes broader around the anterior end. In the central region there are three broad black bands and two thinner dirty blue lines. The gills and rhinophores are translucent orange. I will try and find time to prepare a comparative page on the 'Chromodoris quadricolor colour group'.

References:
• Rudman, W.B. (1977) Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61: 351-397.
• Rudman, W.B. (1982) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76: 183-241.
• Rudman, W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera.Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81: 115-273.
• Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F.S. (1830 or 31) Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Brunner, Frankfurt am Main. 23-50, pls 7-12 pages.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 8) Chromodoris quadricolor (Ruppell & Leuckart,, 1828). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chroquad

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