Goniobranchus albopustulosus
| Goniobranchus albopustulosus | |
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| Goniobranchus albopustulosus, Maui, Hawaii. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. albopustulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Goniobranchus albopustulosus | |
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Goniobranchus albopustulosus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species was described from Hawaii.[4] It has been reported from the Marshall Islands and Kure Atoll.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Pease, William Harper. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus albopustulosus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 101-184 page(s): 165
- ^ Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albopustulosus. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2005 (March 7) Chromodoris albopustulosa (Pease, 1860). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 162
- ^ 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): 223
- ^ 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