Goniobranchus tinctorius

Goniobranchus tinctorius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. tinctorius
Binomial name
	Goniobranchus tinctorius; (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828)
Synonyms
	Chromodoris alderi Collingwood, C., 1881; Chromodoris reticulata (Pease, 1866); Chromodoris tinctoria (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828); Doris tinctoria Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 (basionym);

Goniobranchus tinctorius is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[1]

Description

The length of the body can vary between 15 mm and 95 mm.

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

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