About Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927)
Godiva quadricolor is a slender nudibranch with a pale body. It has many cerata marked with striped bands of blue, yellow, and orange. The nudibranch's head is orange, with wrinkled (rugose) orange rhinophores, and a pair of orange oral tentacles that each have a white central stripe. Specimens collected from Western Australia differ noticeably in colour, and may actually belong to a separate species. This species was first described based on material collected from St. James, False Bay, South Africa. On the South African coast, it is found between the Cape Peninsula and East London, living from intertidal zones down to 20 meters depth. It has also been reported from the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of western Australia, and off West Africa. Godiva quadricolor preys on hydroids and other nudibranchs. It produces an egg ribbon that forms a globular mass of white zigzags.
