Goniobranchus hintuanensis

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

Goniobranchus hintuanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. hintuanensis
Binomial name
Goniobranchus hintuanensis
(Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from Balayan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. It has been reported from the Marshall Islands,[3] Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and Sri Lanka. Specimens from the Indian Ocean differ in having yellow spots in the paler patches of the dorsal pattern.[4][5][6][7]

References
  1. Gosliner T.M. & Behrens D.W. (1998) Five new species of Chromodoris (Molluscs: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50 (5): 139-165
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus hintuanensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-03
  3. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus hintuanensis. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 28) Chromodoris hintuanensis Gosliner & Behrens, 1998. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 164
  6. 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): 220
  7. 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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