Godiva rachelae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Myrrhinidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae |
| Genus: | Godiva |
| Species: | G. rachelae
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| Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from Tanzania. It has been reported from Queensland, Australia.
Description
editGodiva 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
editGodiva rachelae preys on hydroids.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-20.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 14) Godiva rachelae Rudman, 1980. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Godiva rachelae Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.