Goniobranchus galactos

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

Goniobranchus galactos
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. galactos
Binomial name
Goniobranchus galactos
(Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris galactos Rudman & S. Johnson, 1985 (basionym)

Distribution

This species is only known from Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.[4]

Description

Goniobranchus galactos is a chromodorid nudibranch with a white mantle, white gills and rhinophores. It has an orange band at the edge of the mantle and a distinctive submarginal band of purple with small opaque white spots scattered densely on this.[5][4][6][7]

References
  1. 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): 286
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus galactos. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-03
  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. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (December 30) Chromodoris galactos Rudman & Johnson in Rudman, 1985. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus galactos. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
  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): 220
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