- Chromodoris africana
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Chromodoris africana 
Chromodoris africana Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade NudibranchiaSuperfamily: Doridoidea Family: Chromodorididae Genus: Chromodoris Species: C. africana Binomial name Chromodoris africana
Eliot, 1904Chromodoris africana, or four-coloured nudibranch, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]
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Distribution
This species is known from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean to the southern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa. It is found down to 30m[2].
Description
This species may grow to 75mm in total length. It is a smooth-bodied nudibranch, with a black ground colour, two pale blue lines running down the notum, which has a white rim, and an orange margin. The gills and rhinophores are yellow to orange[3].
Ecology
C. africana feeds on sponges[2].
References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ a b King, D. & Fraser, V. 2001. More Reef Fishes and Nudibranchs Struik, Cape Town. ISBN 1-86872-686-X
- ^ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 978-1-77007-772-0
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