Goniobranchus aurigerus

Goniobranchus aurigerus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. aurigerus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus aurigerus (Rudman, 1990) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990 (basionym)

Goniobranchus aurigerus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species was described from Quinns Rocks, near Perth, Western Australia. It has been reported from Indonesia. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 303
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus aurigerus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (March 18) Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
5. Wisnu Purwanto, 2015. Goniobranchus aurigerus. On Flickr.
6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 155
7. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479