Biology:Goniobranchus

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Goniobranchus
Chromodoris coi 1.jpg
Goniobranchus coi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
(Pease, 1866)[1]
Type species
Doris vibrata
Pease, 1860
Synonyms

Lissodoris Odhner, 1934

Goniobranchus obsoletus, Mediterranean off Israel, 2021

Goniobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Taxonomic history

Goniobranchus was described by Pease in 1866 but treated as a synonym of Chromodoris until 2012 when it was brought back into use for a clade revealed by molecular (DNA) techniques.[3][4]

Species

Species in the genus Goniobranchus include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Pease, W. H. (1866) Remarks on Nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific Islands, with descriptions of two new genera. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 204–208, pl 14.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Goniobranchus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  3. Johnson, Rebecca Fay; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2012). "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs". PLOS ONE 7 (4): e33479. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033479. PMID 22506002. 
  4. 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]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x. 
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Goniobranchus fabulus Soong & Gosliner, 2022" (in en). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1561406&from=rss. 

Wikidata ☰ Q971842 entry