Goniobranchus collingwoodi

Collingwood's chromodoris
A Goniobranchus collingwoodi from Papua New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species: G. collingwoodi
Binomial name
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
(Rudman, 1987)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Chromodoris collingwoodi Rudman, 1987 (basionym)

Goniobranchus collingwoodi, common name Collingwood's chromodoris, 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 has been reported from Queensland, New South Wales, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong.[3][4]

References

  1. 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): 358
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus collingwoodi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-02
  3. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 21) Chromodoris collingwoodi Rudman, 1987. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. Rudman W.B. & Darvell B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. page(s): 58

Further reading

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