Goniodoris nodosa

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Goniodoris nodosa
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The nudibranch Goniodoris nodosa, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Goniodoris
Species:
G. nodosa
Binomial name
Goniodoris nodosa
Montagu, 1808 [1]
Synonyms
  • Doris nodosaMontagu, 1808 (original combination)
  • Doris barvicensisJohnston, 1838 [2]
  • Doris elongataThompson W., 1840 [3]
  • Goniodoris emarginataForbes, 1840 [4]

Goniodoris nodosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

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Distribution

This species was first described from Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland where it is common from the lower shore to moderate depths. [5]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with spots of white and yellow. [6] It can reach 27mm in length. Its mantle is reduced and shows its foot. [7]

Ecology

Goniodoris nodosa feeds on bryozoans of the genus Alcyonidium, including Alcyonidium diaphanum , and, when fully grown, the tunicate Dendrodoa grossularia and Botryllus schlosseri , family Styelidae. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Montagu, G., 1808. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9:81-114, pls. 1-8.
  2. ↑ Johnston G., 1838: Miscellanea zoologica. Annals of Natural History, or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology 1 (1): 44-56, 114-125
  3. ↑ Thompson W., 1840: Contributions towards a knowledge of the Mollusca Nudibranchia and Mollusca Tunicata of Ireland, with descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (29): 84-102
  4. ↑ Forbes E., 1840: On some new and rare British mollusca. Annals of Natural History, or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology 5(29): 102-108, pl. 2
  5. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
  6. ↑ Picton B.E. & Morrow C.C., 1994: A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing LtId., London.
  7. 1 2 Hayward, Peter J.; Ryland, John S. (2017). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 526. ISBN   978-0-19-954944-3.
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