All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers
05/10/04
Gary Cobb 0416 048 100
gary@nudibranch.com.au
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| Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 5790b All photos Copyright ©2003-2023 Gary Cobb and contributing photographers 05/10/04 Gary Cobb 0416 048 100 gary@nudibranch.com.au |
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| Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927) |
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| Location: Pumicestone Passage mouth, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia Size: 34-58 mm Depth: 6 m Temperature: 22 C |
ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA FAMILY: Myrrhinidae pink orange blue |
| New Record for eastern Australia | |
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Photographs by Gary Cobb and David Mullins - Copyright 2003-2023
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NOTE: 08/08/2018 These specimens were found in the Pumicestone Passage and on Currimundi Reef.
They have a somewhat different appearance to those more recently found in the Mooloolah River that have been DNA sequenced
and shown to be not Godiva quadricolor hence their name Godiva sp. 2. It may eventually be shown that those on this page are also not
Godiva quadricolor but we leave them here as such until proven otherwise.
Below: a 20 mm long animal found off Caloundra at c-Spot 3
Below: the first animal found on the reef outside the passageway. 18-09-2011 Nudi Retreat
Godiva quadricolor as found on the sand in 4 knot current!
Eating Lomanotus veriformis
Rhinophores
Laying egg mass - eggs take 4 days to hatch
Egg mass
