Goniobranchus alius is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
| Goniobranchus alius | |
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| The nudibranch Goniobranchus alius, Nomad, Diani, Kenya. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. alius
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| Binomial name | |
| Goniobranchus alius | |
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Distribution
editThis species is reported from Kenya to South Africa on the Western seaboard of the Indian Ocean and from Réunion and Sri Lanka.[4][5][6] It is also reported from the Marshall Islands.[7]
References
edit- ^ Rudman, W.B. (1987). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90 (3): 305-407 page(s): 356
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus alius. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
- ^ 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
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 22) Chromodoris alius Rudman, 1987. [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): 222
- ^ Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus alius. [In] Underwater Kwajalein