Goniobranchus verrieri

Goniobranchus verrieri
	Goniobranchus verrieri
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. verrieri
Binomial name
	Goniobranchus verrieri; (Crosse, 1875)
Synonyms
	Chromodoris marginata (Pease, 1860); Chromodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875); Doris marginata Pease, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of Doris marginata Montagu, 1803, and Doris marginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832); Glossodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875); Goniodoris verrieri Crosse, 1875 (basionym);

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

Description

The length of the body varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

^ Crosse H. (1875) Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 305–322. page(s): 313-314
^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus verrieri. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597344 on 2012-05-08
^ 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. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278

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): 262
Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 165
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): 221
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

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