Goniobranchus woodwardae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. woodwardae
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus woodwardae (Rudman, 1983)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Goniobranchus woodwardae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. [2] [3]
This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia. [4]
Goniobranchus woodwardae has a pale lilac mantle which grades to darker pink in some individuals. There are small to medium-sized red spots scattered over the mantle and a white band at the edge followed by a narrow yellow marginal band. [5] Chromodoris thompsoni is very similar and this is one of a group of species in SE Australia which mimic each other in colour. [6] [7]