| Hypselodoris godeffroyana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Hypselodoris |
| Species: | H. godeffroyana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselodoris godeffroyana | |
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Hypselodoris godeffroyana is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from Huaheine, French Polynesia, 16°44′36″S150°57′08″W / 16.743468°S 150.952154°W It occurs in numerous locations in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean. [3]
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Goniobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.
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