Goniobranchus aureomarginatus | |
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Goniobranchus aureomarginatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. aureomarginatus |
Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Goniobranchus aureomarginatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]
This species was described from Auckland harbour and Waiwera, New Zealand. It is apparently a New Zealand endemic. [4]
This chromodorid nudibranch has a white mantle which is edged with yellow. The rhinophores and gills are translucent white with some opaque white pigment on the gill rachis and the rhinophore lamellae. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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