Biology:Goniodoridella savignyi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Goniodoridella savignyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae
Genus:	Goniodoridella Pruvot-Fol, 1933
Species:	G. savignyi
Binomial name
Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933

Goniodoridella savignyi is species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

This nudibranch has a wide distribution and can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific with sightings in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Yellow Sea, the Japan Sea, the Red Sea and South Africa.

Its color is white with variable amounts of bright yellow dots on top of the spicules. In some specimens, it has shown brownish pigments instead of yellow pigments.

References

• Rudman, W. B., & B. W. Darvell. 1990. Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology 7:31-79

External links

• Photos of Goniodoridella savignyi on Sealife Collection

Wikidata ☰ Q2944367 entry