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| Scientific name: |
Polycera quadrilineata |
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| Common name: |
Four-line crowned nudibranch |
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| Taxonomy |
| Phyulm |
Sub Phylum |
Class |
Sub Class |
Order |
Sub Order |
Family |
Sub Family |
Genus |
Species |
| Mollusca |
Not Defined |
Gastropoda |
Opisthobranchia |
Nudibranchia |
Doridina |
Polyceridae |
Polycerinae |
Polycera |
Polycera quadrilineata |
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Short Description:
The four-lined crowned nudibranch is a smooth-bodied variably coloured nudibranch. The ground colour is white or grey and there are usually black and yellow longitudinally along the notum, though these can be absent. The head has six yellow projections. The gills and rhinophores are black, and may be spotted with yellow. Alongside the gills is a pair of yellow projections.
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Identification
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The four-lined crowned nudibranch is possibly a different species of Polycera, closely related to the crowned nudibranch Polycera capensis.
They can be separated by yellow lines between the black lines on the notum. The black lines may or may not be present to a variable degree in both species |
| Size: |
20mm |
| Behaviour: |
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| Diet: |
Unknown |
| Distribution: |
This species is found off the South African coast from the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula to Algoa Bay. |
| Depth: |
Intertidal zone to 20m |
| Habitat: |
Rocky reefs |
| Reference: |
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.wikipedia.org/
- Southern Underwater Research Group
http://www.surg.co.za/
- Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
(a guide to opistobranch molluscs of Southern Africa)
Terrence Gosliner
- Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
Guido Zsilavecz
- A field guide to the Marine Animals of the Cape Peninsula
Georgina Jones
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Database Statistics
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