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Goniobranchus verrieri (Crosse 1875)

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Goniobranchus verrieri

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

Distribution

This marine species was described from New Caledonia.[1][4] It is recorded from localities in the Indo-West Pacific.[5]

Description

Goniobranchus verrieri has a white mantle with a red margin and a yellow submarginal band. The gills and rhinophores are red with white edging. The length of the body varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Crosse H. (1875) Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 305–322. page(s): 313-314
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus verrieri. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-08
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Hervé J. F., 2010. Guide des Nudibranches de Nouvelle Calédonie et autres Opisthobranches. 405pp. Éditions Catherine Ledru, Nouméa, Nouvelle Calédonie. Page 251.
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 28) Chromodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ^ Rudman W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299. page(s): 262
  7. ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 165
  8. ^ 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): 221

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Goniobranchus verrieri: Brief Summary

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Goniobranchus verrieri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.

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Distribution

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Widely distributed around the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans with reports from across South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and New Caledonia.

Reference

Soong, G.Y., Bonomo, L.J., Reimer, J.D. & Gosliner, T.M. (2022). Battle of the bands: systematics and phylogeny of the white Goniobranchus nudibranchs with marginal bands (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae). ZooKeys. 1083: 169-210.

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