Biology:Goniobranchus aureomarginatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

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

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

References

  1.  , Wikidata Q115527488
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 4.0 4.1 Rudman, W.B. (2004). "Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chroaureom. 
  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

Wikidata ☰ Q13645391 entry