Goniobranchus

Goniobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus coi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
(Pease, 1866)[1]
Type species
Doris vibrata
Pease, 1860
Synonyms

Lissodoris Odhner, 1934

Taxonomic history

Goniobranchus was described by Pease in 1866 but treated as a synonym of Chromodoris until 2012 when it was brought back into use for a clade revealed by molecular (DNA) techniques.[3][4]

Species

Species in the genus Goniobranchus include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
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References
  1. Pease, W. H. (1866) Remarks on Nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific Islands, with descriptions of two new genera. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 204-208, pl 14.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Goniobranchus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  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. Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273 page(s): 130
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