Goniobranchus tritos

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

Chromodoris tritos

Goniobranchus tritos
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. tritos
Binomial name
Goniobranchus tritos
(Yonow, 1994)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris tritos Yonow, 1994 (basionym)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Maldives.[4]

Description

Goniobranchus tritos has a cream coloured mantle with round black spots, each of which is outlined with a white line. There is a broad band of lilac-grey around the mantle and a narrow line of opaque white at the edge. The gills and rhinophores are grey with white highlights.[4] The body reaches a length of 50 mm.[5]

References
  1. Yonow, N. (1994). Opisthobranchs from the Maldive Islands, including descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revue Française d'Aquariologie. 20: 4-25.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Goniobranchus tritos (Yonow, 1994). Accessed on 2019-01-07.
  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. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (October 16) Chromodoris tritos Yonow, 1994. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page 142
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