Goniobranchus albopunctatus

Goniobranchus albopunctatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3][4]

Goniobranchus albopunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. albopunctatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus albopunctatus
Garrett, 1879[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris albopunctata (Garrett, 1879)
  • Chromodoris sykesi Eliot, 1904

Distribution

This marine species was described from Huahine, Society Islands, Pacific Ocean. It has been reported from Sulawesi and on the East African coast from Tanzania to South Africa[5] and from the Marshall Islands.[6][7][8][9][10]

References
  1. Garrett A. (1879) Description of a new species of Goniobranchus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia: 31 page(s): 31
  2. Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Goniobranchus albopunctatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  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.
  4. 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
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 25) Chromodoris albopunctata (Garrett, 1879). [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albopunctatus. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
  7. Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava color group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 307-404 page(s): 401
  8. 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): 371
  9. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 154
  10. 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): 223
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