Goniobranchus_woodwardae

<i>Goniobranchus woodwardae</i>

Goniobranchus woodwardae

Species of gastropod

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

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.[4]

Description

Goniobranchus woodwardae has a pale lilac mantle which grades to darker pink in some individuals. There are small to medium-sized red spots scattered over the mantle and a white band at the edge followed by a narrow yellow marginal band.[5] Chromodoris thompsoni is very similar and this is one of a group of species in SE Australia which mimic each other in colour.[6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Rudman, W.B. (1983) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173.
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    MolluscaBase (2018). Goniobranchus woodwardae (Rudman, 1983). Accessed on 2019-01-15
  3. [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. [4]
    Rudman, W.B., 1998 (October 14) Chromodoris woodwardae Rudman, 1983. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. [5]
    Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 130
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    Rudman, W.B. (1991) Purpose in Pattern: the evolution of colour in chromodorid nudibranchs. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 57, (T.E. Thompson Memorial Issue): 5-21.
  7. [7]
    Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 165
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