Goniobranchus albonares

Goniobranchus albonares is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Goniobranchus albonares
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. albonares
Binomial name
Goniobranchus albonares
(Rudman, 1990)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris albonares Rudman, 1990 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from North West Solitary Island, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. It has been reported from New Caledonia, Bali and Japan[4] and the Marshall Islands.[5][6][7]

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References

  1. Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Goniobranchus albonares (Rudman, 1990). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-15
  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., 1998 (January 7) Chromodoris albonares Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albonares. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 165 page(s): 307
  7. Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 220
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