Goniobranchus vibratus

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Goniobranchus vibratus
Goniobranchus vibratus
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. vibratus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus vibratus
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chromodoris vibrata (Pease, 1860)
  • Doris propinquata Pease, 1860
  • Doris vibrata Pease, 1860 (basionym)

Goniobranchus vibratus is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1][2]

Description

The length of the body reaches 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and the Marshall Islands.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus vibratus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597345 on 2012-05-08
  2. 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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