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Introduced Marine Aquatic Invaders - a field guide
Introducted Marine Species - Aeolid Nudibranch
Godiva quadricolor
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| Aeolid Nudibranch - Godiva quadricolor Photo: Clay Bryce/WA Museum |
Australia Invasion
- discovered in Western Australia during 1984, off Fremantle and in Cockburn Sound
Habitat
- in Western Australia found only on wharf piles below water surface
ID Features
- 3 cm when actively crawling
- broad foot tapers to long, narrow tail
- translucent body and foot, upper half covered with pale fawn to bluish white speckles
- long oral tentacles, twice length of rhinophores
- pale blue streak extends from rhinophores down each oral tentacle
- narrow cream streak with central brown hairline extending full length of tail
- cerata arranged in four to eight horseshoe-shaped arches and have conspicuous blue and orange rings
More information
More detailed information on this Marine Invader is available here.
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Similar Native Marine Species
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| Phidiana spp Photo: Clay Bryce/WA Museum |
Phidiana spp
- orange brown lines which form a figure-of-eight on the head*
- rhinophores located either side of this figure-of-eight
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| Austraeolis ornata Photo: Clay Bryce/WA Museum |
Austraeolis ornata
- cerata have a speckled appearance*
- white blotches on dorsum (top surface)*
* distinguishing feature
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