Goniaeolis

Goniaeolis is a monotypic genus of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniaeolididae containing the single species Goniaeolis typica.[4] Goniaeolis is also the only genus within the family Goniaeolididae.

Goniaeolis
Two individuals of Goniaeolis typica, Stokkvågen, Lurøy, Norway, 30 m.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia

clade Cladobranchia
Superfamily:
unassigned[1] / Metarminoidea (a. n.)
Family:
Goniaeolididae

Odhner, 1907[2]
Genus:
Goniaeolis

M. Sars, 1861[3]
Species:
G. typica
Binomial name
Goniaeolis typica
Synonyms[4]
  • Gonieolididae (misspelling)
  • Gonieolis M. Sars, 1861
  • Goniëolis typica M. Sars 1861
  • Goniaeolis lobata Odhner, 1907[2]

Gonieolis is the original spelling, but incorrect subsequent spelling Goniaeolis is conserved under Art. 33.3.1 of the Code.[4] The synonymy with Goniaeolis lobata was discussed in detail by Odhner in 1922.[5]

Distribution

It is endemic to Scandinavian waters.[6] This species was described from Kristiansund, Norway. It has subsequently been reported from the Skagerrak,[2] the Hardangerfjord,[7] and at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord.[8] The species is known from 30 to 666 m.[6]

Description

External and internal anatomy was described by Nils Hjalmar Odhner in detail in 1922.[5]

References
  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. Odhner N. H. (1907). "Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish state museum (Riksmuseum). III. Opisthobranchia and Pteropoda". K. svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Hand. 41(): 1-118. page 8, page 18.
  3. Sars M. (1861). "Beretning om en i Sommeren 1859 foretagen zoologisck Reise ved Kysten af Romsdale Amt". Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 11: 241-263.
  4. Gofas, S. (2014). Goniaeolis typica Sars M., 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015.2.15
  5. Odhner N. H. (1922). "Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania". Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60: 1-47.
  6. Evertsen J. & Bakken T. (2005). "Nudibranch diversity (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda) along the coast of Norway". Fauna norvegica 25: 1-37. PDF.
  7. Sars G. O. (1872). "On some remarkable forms of animal life from the great deeps off the Norwegian coast. I. partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Michael Sars." University-program for the 1st half-year 1869, pp. 1-82, pls. 1-6. Christiania. Nudibranchia pp. 35-40, plate 4, figs. 1-11.
  8. Odhner N. H. (1939). "Opisthobranchiate mollusca from the western and northern coasts of Norway". Kgl. Norske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. 1939: 1-92.
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