Goniobranchus albomaculatus

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Goniobranchus albomaculatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. albomaculatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus albomaculatus
(Pease, 1866) [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]

Glossodoris albomaculata(Pease, 1866)

Goniobranchus albomaculatus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae . [3]

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Distribution

This species was described from a locality given just as "Pacific Islands". [1] [4]

Description

This chromodorid nudibranch was described as follows:

Colour orange-yellow, margin bright violet, shading off into the ground colour, tubercles whitish, cervical tentacles, branchiae, and under surface cream white. Length 2 inches. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pease, W. H. (1866) Remarks on Nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific Islands, with descriptions of two new genera. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 204-208, pl 14.
  2. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1871) Descriptions of new species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. No.2. American Journal of Conchology. 7 (1): 11-19
  3. 1 2 Caballer, M. (2014). Goniobranchus albomaculatus Pease, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-11-27
  4. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H. & A Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 101-184.
  5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Mar 7) Original illustration of Goniobranchus albomaculatus Pease 1866. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]
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