Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Doridoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Chromodorididae Genus Goniobranchus | |
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Similar Hypselodoris tryoni, Goniobranchus kuniei, Goniobranchus geminus, Goniobranchus coi, Goniobranchus | ||
Goniobranchus leopardus, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
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Distribution
This species has been reported from NW Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands.
Description
Chromodoris leopardus can reach a maximum size of 6 cm length. The body is elongate with a foot which is distinct from the upper body by a large skirt like mantle hiding the foot. The top of the mantle is brownish with dark spots circled with white. The margin of the mantle is white with at the external border a fine purple to electric blue line. The rhinophores are lamellate and contractile, the base is white topped with blue to purple but they can also be white with a longitudinal blue to purple line. The branched gills have a whitish external side, the internal surface is golden.