Goniobranchus roboi

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Goniobranchus roboi
Goniobranchus roboi
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. roboi
Binomial name
Goniobranchus roboi
(Gosliner & Behrens, 1998) [1]
Synonyms[2]

Chromodoris roboi Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 (basionym)

Goniobranchus roboi, common name the tooth-edged chromodoris, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]

Description

The body length varies between 40 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

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References

  1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. (1998) Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50 (5): 139-165
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus roboi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597342 on 2012-05-07
  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. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278


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