Goniodoris meracula

Goniodoris meracula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Goniodoris meracula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Goniodoris
Species:
G. meracula
Binomial name
Goniodoris meracula
Burn, 1958[1]

Distribution

This species was first described from Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It is found from Pearson Island, South Australia to the mid New South Wales coast, from intertidal to 65 m depth.[3][4]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with spots and patches of white and brown surface pigment.

Ecology

Goniodoris meracula feeds on colonial ascidians into which it eats cavities within which it is often hidden.[4]

References
  1. Burn, R.F., 1958. Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society Australia, 1(2): 20-36, pls. 6-7.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Goniodoris meracula Burn, 1958. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. Burn, R. (1989). Opisthobranchs, in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia, Part II. South Australian Government Printing Division, Adelaide. 900 pages
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 3) Goniodoris meracula Burn, 1958. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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