Goniobranchus aureomarginatus

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species: G. aureomarginatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
( Cheeseman, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris aureomarginata (Cheeseman, 1881)
  • Lissodoris mollis Odhner, 1934 (Possible junior synonym of Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (Rudman, 1984))

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

Distribution

This species was described from Auckland harbour and Waiwera, New Zealand. It is apparently a New Zealand endemic.[4]

Description

This chromodorid nudibranch has a white mantle which is edged with yellow. The rhinophores and gills are translucent white with some opaque white pigment on the gill rachis and the rhinophore lamellae.[4]

References

  1. Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick. 1881. [for 1880]. On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions & Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 13:222-224.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus aureomarginatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2004 (June 21) Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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