Goniobranchus pruna

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

Goniobranchus pruna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species:
G. pruna
Binomial name
Goniobranchus pruna
(Gosliner, 1994)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chromodoris pruna Gosliner, 1994 (basionym)

Distribution

This species was described from two specimens measuring 6 mm (0.24 in) and 4 mm (0.16 in) found at Nosy Tanikely, Madagascar and Park Rynie, Natal, South Africa.[1] It has been reported from Nosy Bé, Madagascar.[3]

Description

The mantle of Goniobranchus pruna is mostly light grey, with dark plum or black spots and a broad white band at the margin overlain with large round orange spots at regular intervals.[4] Individuals of 15 mm (0.59 in) may develop a patch of cream with brown spots behind the rhinophores and just in front of the gill circlet. The rhinophores and gills are translucent with some orange pigment and small white spots.[3]

References
  1. Gosliner, T.M. (1994) New species of Chromodoris and Noumea (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the western Indian Ocean and southern Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48(12): 239-252.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Goniobranchus pruna (Gosliner, 1994). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-19
  3. Bidgrain, P., 2018. Goniobranchus pruna Southwest Indian Ocean Sea Slugs and Flatworms, accessed 2019-01-14.
  4. 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): 228
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