| Chromodoris africana | |
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| Chromodoris africana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Chromodoris |
| Species: | C. africana |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904 |
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Chromodoris 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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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].
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].
C. africana feeds on sponges[2].