Goniodoris mimula

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Goniodoris mimula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Goniodoris
Species:
G. mimula
Binomial name
Goniodoris mimula
Er. Marcus, 1955 [1]

Goniodoris mimula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae . [2]

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Description

The body grows to a length of 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was first described from Brazil. It also occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico. [3]

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References

  1. Marcus, Er. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Zoology, 207, 20:89-261, pls. 1-30.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Goniodoris mimula Er. Marcus, 1955. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 116-117. ISBN   0-9700574-2-3 page 124.