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Goniobranchus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Chromodorididae

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Goniobranchus Goniobranchus sp 1 main page

Lower classifications
  
Goniobranchus tinctorius, Goniobranchus aureopurpureus, Goniobranchus preciosus, Goniobranchus epicurius

Goniobranchus geminus


Goniobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.

Contents

Goniobranchus annulatus eliot 1904


Taxonomic history

Goniobranchus Diverosa Goniobranchus

Goniobranchus was described by Pease in 1866 but treated as a synonym of Chromodoris until 2012 when it was brought back into use for a clade revealed by molecular (DNA) techniques.

Species

Species brought into synonymy
  • Goniobranchus godeffroyanus (Bergh, 1877): synonym of Risbecia godeffroyana (Bergh, 1977)

    • Goniobranchus Opisthobranch of the Week is Goniobranchus tumulifera

    Goniobranchus Goniobranchus sp 5 main page

    Goniobranchus Opisthobranch of the Week is Goniobranchus geminus

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    Goniobranchus Goniobranchus Wikipedia

    References

    Goniobranchus Wikipedia
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