Goniobranchus hintuanensis

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

Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Balayan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. It has been reported from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Specimens from the Indian Ocean differ in having yellow spots in the paler patches of the dorsal pattern.[3][4][5][6]

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. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus hintuanensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-03
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 28) Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 164
  5. ↑ Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 220
  6. ↑ 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


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