WoRMS taxon details
Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927)
225518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225518)
accepted
Species
Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). South African nudibranch mollusca, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some specimens from Tristan d'Acunha. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(1): 171-215., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656381
page(s): 203, pl. 20 fig. 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 203, pl. 20 fig. 9-10 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa)
type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225518 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). South African nudibranch mollusca, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some specimens from Tristan d'Acunha. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(1): 171-215., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656381
page(s): 203, pl. 20 fig. 9-10 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 203, pl. 20 fig. 9-10 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. M. (1980 ["1979"]). The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 33(1): 37-77., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1455 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 124. [details]
additional source Edmunds, M. (2015). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Facelinidae. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(2): 125-161. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 628 [details]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. M. (1980 ["1979"]). The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 33(1): 37-77., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1455 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 124. [details]
additional source Edmunds, M. (2015). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Facelinidae. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(2): 125-161. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 628 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type designation Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by ICZN Opinion 778 of ICZN [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italy (Nation) : Shipping [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Four-coloured Aeolidfour-colour nudibranch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Godiva quadricolor)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Godiva quadricolor)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Hervia quadricolor Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
