Four-colour nudibranch
Godiva quadricolor
- Usual depth2–11 m
- Water temperature16–30 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Bernard Picton, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bernard Picton · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Godiva quadricolor is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Godiva quadricolor”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 18 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 18 records
- April: 50 records
- May: 61 records
- June: 21 records
- July: 26 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 2 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–11 m · Deepest record: 11 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 16–30 °C
Photos
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Southwood, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Four-colour nudibranch, Four-coloured Aeolid, four-colour nudibranch
Other scientific names: Hervia quadricolor
Similar species
- Tropical Four-coloured Aeolid
Godiva rachelae
Yellow-tipped PhyllodesmiumPhyllodesmium briareum
Freckled Soft Coral EaterPhyllodesmium macphersonae
Branched Soft Coral EaterPhyllodesmium poindimiei
Coleman's PhyllodesmiumPhyllodesmium colemani
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- 25 open-data records from 1932 to 2020.
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