Goniobranchus hintuanensis

Goniobranchus hintuanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. hintuanensis
Binomial name
Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998) [1]
Synonyms [1]
Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 [2] (basionym)

Goniobranchus hintuanensis is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Balayan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. It has been reported from the Marshall Islands, ^[3] Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Specimens from the Indian Ocean differ in having yellow spots in the paler patches of the dorsal pattern. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2022). "Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 17 February 2022.
2. Gosliner, Terrence M.; Behrens, D.W. (1998). "Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th series. 50 (5): 139–165.
3. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus hintuanensis. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 28) Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 164
6. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 220
7. Johnson, Rebecca Fay; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2012). "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs". PLOS ONE. 7 (4) e33479. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733479J. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 . PMC   3323602 . PMID   22506002.

External links

• Photos of Goniobranchus hintuanensis in the Sealife Collection