Goniodoris mimula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Goniodoris mimula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Goniodoris |
Species: | G. mimula
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Binomial name | |
Goniodoris mimula Er. Marcus, 1955[1]
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Description
editThe body grows to a length of 10 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species was first described from Brazil. It also occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Mexico.[3]
References
edit- ^ Marcus, Er. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Zoology, 207, 20:89-261, pls. 1-30.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Goniodoris mimula Er. Marcus, 1955. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
- ^ Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 116-117. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3 page 124.