| Goniodoris castanea | |
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| Aranmore, Aran Islands, Co Galway, Ireland. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniodoris |
| Species: | G. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Goniodoris castanea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Goniodoris castanea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae . [3]
This species was first described from Salcombe Estuary, Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland and from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea. [4] [5]
This goniodorid nudibranch is variable in colour, usually red-brown or dark purple but also bright red. Most individuals have scattered irregular small patches of white or grey all over the body. [6]
Its body length is usually 15 mm. [7] The maximum recorded body length is 38 mm. [7]
Goniodoris castanea feeds on tunicates of the genera Botryllus and Botrylloides , family Botryllidae.
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