Goniobranchus aureomarginatus

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

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
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))

Distribution

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

Description

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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][5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Cheeseman, T.F. (1881). "On some new Species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 13: 222–224. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q115527488.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Rudman, W.B. (2004). "Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ^ 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 [p. 130, 242]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x.
  6. ^ Rudman, W. B. (1985). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83 (3): 241–299 [p. 243]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb00875.x.
  7. ^ 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 (3): 263–326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x.
  8. ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 161