Godiva rachelae
Godiva rachelae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Nudipleura

clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Genus:
Godiva
Species:
G. rachelae
Binomial name
Godiva rachelae
Rudman, 1980[1]

Godiva rachelae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Tanzania. It has been reported from Queensland, Australia.

Description

Godiva rachelae is a slender pale-bodied nudibranch with many cerata with a purple band near the tip. Its head has a pair of brown lines running into the oral tentacles which have two translucent purple bands.[3][4]

Ecology

Godiva rachelae preys on hydroids.

References

  1. ↑ Rudman, W.B. (1980). Opisthobranch molluscs (Glaucidae) from the Indian Ocean and the south-west Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 68(2), 139-172.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-20.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 14) Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Godiva rachelae at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.
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