Goniobranchus verrieri

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Goniobranchus verrieri
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Goniobranchus verrieri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. verrieri
Binomial name
Goniobranchus verrieri
(Crosse, 1875) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Chromodoris marginata(Pease, 1860)
  • Chromodoris verrieri(Crosse, 1875)
  • Doris marginataPease, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of Doris marginata Montagu, 1803, and Doris marginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  • Glossodoris verrieri(Crosse, 1875)
  • Goniodoris verrieriCrosse, 1875 (basionym)

Goniobranchus verrieri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]

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Distribution

This marine species was described from New Caledonia. [1] [4] It is recorded from localities in the Indo-West Pacific. [5]

Description

Goniobranchus verrieri has a white mantle with a red margin and a yellow submarginal band. The gills and rhinophores are red with white edging. The length of the body varies between 18 mm and 30 mm. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Crosse H. (1875) Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 305–322. page(s): 313-314
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus verrieri. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-08
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Hervé J. F., 2010. Guide des Nudibranches de Nouvelle Calédonie et autres Opisthobranches. 405pp. Éditions Catherine Ledru, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie. Page 251.
  5. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 28) Chromodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ↑ Rudman W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299. page(s): 262
  7. ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN   978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 165
  8. ↑ 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): 221
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