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Goniobranchus albopustulosus

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Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus albopustulosus
Goniobranchus albopustulosus, Maui, Hawaii.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Goniobranchus
Species: G. albopustulosus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus albopustulosus
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Chromodoris albopustulosa (Pease, 1860)
  • Doris albopustulosa Pease, 1860 (basionym)

Goniobranchus albopustulosus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

Distribution

This marine species was described from Hawaii. It has been reported from the Marshall Islands and Kure Atoll.

References

  1. Pease, William Harper. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pt. 28, pp. 18-36.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus albopustulosus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
  3. 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.
  4. Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenbergh (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 101-184 page(s): 165
  5. Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albopustulosus. Underwater Kwajalein
  6. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (March 7) Chromodoris albopustulosa (Pease, 1860). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  7. Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 162
  8. 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): 223
  9. 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
Taxon identifiers
Goniobranchus albopustulosus
Doris albopustulosa
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