Goniobranchus kitae
Appearance
Goniobranchus kitae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. kitae
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus kitae | |
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Goniobranchus kitae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is known from Madagascar and South Africa.[3]
Description
[edit]Goniobranchus kitae has a white translucent mantle with a broken yellow submarginal line at the edge. The mantle is covered with large round magenta spots. The gill leaves and rhinophores are translucent with small white spots on the surfaces.[4] It has some similarity to Goniobranchus bimaensis and Goniobranchus tumuliferus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Gosliner, T.M. (1994) New species of Chromodoris and Noumea (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the western Indian Ocean and southern Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48(12): 239-252.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Goniobranchus kitae (Gosliner, 1994). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-19
- ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 13) Chromodoris kitae Gosliner, 1994. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ 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): 226