Goniobranchus galactos

Goniobranchus galactos
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. galactos
Binomial name
Goniobranchus galactos
(Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Chromodoris galactos Rudman & S. Johnson, 1985 (basionym)

Goniobranchus galactos is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Distribution

This species is only known from Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.[4]

Description

Goniobranchus galactos is a chromodorid nudibranch with a white mantle, white gills and rhinophores. It has an orange band at the edge of the mantle and a distinctive submarginal band of purple with small opaque white spots scattered densely on this.[4]

References

  1. 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: 241-299. page(s): 286
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus galactos. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at on 2012-05-03
  3. Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
  4. 1 2 Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 30) Chromodoris galactos Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Further reading

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