Goniobranchus rufomaculatus

Goniobranchus rufomaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. rufomaculatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus rufomaculatus
(Pease, 1871)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris histrio Bergh, 1877
  • Chromodoris rufomaculata Pease, 1871 (basionym)
  • Glossodoris rufomaculata (Pease, 1871)

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

Distribution

This species was described from Huahine, Society Islands.[1] It has been reported from the Marshall Islands, Queensland and the Philippines.[4]

Description

The original description included the following colour information: "Colour cream white, passing into cream yellow towards the margins, which are ornamented with a series of oblong violet spots. The central portion of the mantle is studded with numerous slightly elevated orange dots. Branchiae colourless, tentacles chocolate brown, laminae white. Under surface colourless, with the exception of a light tinge of the dorsal colours, which are transmitted through the pellucid mantle."[1][5][6][7]

Similar species

This species may be conspecific with Goniobranchus albopustulosus. It is similar in colour to the Indian Ocean species Goniobranchus alius and Goniobranchus aureopurpureus from the central Indo-West-Pacific region.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pease, W.H. (1871) Descriptions of new species of Nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. No.2. American Journal of Conchology. 7 (1): 11-19
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012).Goniobranchus rufomaculatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-07
  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. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 17) Chromodoris rufomaculata Pease, 1871. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ^ 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): 352
  6. ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 164
  7. ^ 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