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
Order:	Nudibranchia
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 most common 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]