Goniobranchus tumuliferus | |
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The nudibranch Goniobranchus tumuliferus, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. tumuliferus
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus tumuliferus (Collingwood, 1881)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Goniobranchus tumuliferus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [2]
This species was described from Slut Island, Haitan Straits, China. Additional specimens were found by Collingwood at Labuan, Borneo. [1] It has been reported from Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, [3] Indonesia, Fiji and New Caledonia. [4]
Chromodoris tumuliferus is a chromodorid nudibranch with a translucent white mantle and large, carmine-red spots. [5] There is a submarginal line at edge of the mantle which is yellow, either continuous or broken into yellow blotches, with a translucent or white extreme edge. In this outer margin there may be more red blotches or an almost continuous red margin. [6] The wide distribution and variable colour pattern suggest a possible species complex. [4] [7] This species was transferred from Chromodoris to Goniobranchus on molecular (DNA) evidence. [8] It is very similar in appearance to Goniobranchus kitae but that species has small white spots on the gills and rhinophores. [9]