Goniobranchus aurigerus

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

Goniobranchus aurigerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. aurigerus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus aurigerus
(Rudman, 1990) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from Quinns Rocks, near Perth, Western Australia. It has been reported from Indonesia.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 303
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus aurigerus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
  3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 1998 (March 18) Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Wisnu Purwanto, 2015. Goniobranchus aurigerus. On Flickr.
  6. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 155
  7. 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
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