Goniobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Goniobranchus
Goniobranchus coi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
(Pease, 1866)[1]
Type species
Doris vibrata
Pease, 1860
Synonyms

Lissodoris Odhner, 1934

Goniobranchus obsoletus, Mediterranean off Israel, 2021

Taxonomic history

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Goniobranchus was described by Pease in 1866 but treated as a synonym of Chromodoris until 2012 when it was brought back into use for a clade revealed by molecular (DNA) techniques.[3][4]

Species

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Species in the genus Goniobranchus include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Pease, W. H. (1866) Remarks on Nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific Islands, with descriptions of two new genera. American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 204–208, pl 14.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Goniobranchus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  3. ^ Johnson, Rebecca Fay; Gosliner, Terrence M. (2012). "Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs". PLOS ONE. 7 (4): e33479. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...733479J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033479. PMC 3323602. PMID 22506002.
  4. ^ Rudman, W. B. (1984). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81 (2/3): 115–273 [p. 130]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x.
  5. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Goniobranchus fabulus Soong & Gosliner, 2022". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-02-19.