title: Chromodoris africana
text: # Chromodoris africana
  
  Chromodoris africana, or four-coloured nudibranch, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This species is known from the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean to the southern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa. It is found down to depths of 30m.
  
  ## Description
  
  This species may grow to 75mm in total length. It is a smooth-bodied nudibranch, with a black ground colour, two white lines running down the notum, which has a white rim, and an orange margin. The gills and rhinophores are yellow to orange.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  C. africana feeds on sponges. It is known to eat a species of the sponge genus Negombata.
  
  