Biology:Goniobranchus kuniei
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. kuniei
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| Goniobranchus kuniei (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)[1]
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Goniobranchus kuniei is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from New Caledonia. It is known from the western Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean from Fiji, Marshall Islands, Australia , Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines , and the Taiwan.[3]
Description
Goniobranchus kuniei has a pattern of blue spots with pale blue haloes on a creamy mantle. There is a double border to the mantle of purple and blue. The length of the body reaches 40 mm.[4] The species Goniobranchus tritos and Goniobranchus geminus have similar colour patterns.[5][6]
Habitat
This species likes waters that are between 21 and 26 degrees Celsius and is often found between 5 and 40 meters.
Goniobranchus kuniei at Bima bay (Sumbawa, Indonesia)
Goniobranchus kuniei
References
- ↑ Pruvot-Fol, A. 1930. Diagnose provisoires (incomplètes) des espèces nouvelles et liste provisoire des mollusques nudibranches recueillis par Mme. A. Pruvot-Fol en Nouvelle Calédonie (Ile des Pins). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, series 2, 2(2):229-232.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WoRMS (2011). Goniobranchus kuniei Pruvot-Fol, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2012
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (January 22) Chromodoris kuniei Pruvot-Fol, 1930. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Rudman W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 305-407. page(s): 341
- ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN:978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 159
- ↑ 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): 216
External links
- Goniobranchus kuniei, video at Bali, Indonesia
- Photos of Goniobranchus kuniei on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1115257 entry
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