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Goniodoridella savignyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Goniodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Scientific name
  
Goniodoridella savignyi

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Genus
  
Goniodoridella Pruvot-Fol, 1933

Similar
  
Dermatobranchus, Goniobranchus verrieri, Hypselodoris zephyra, Paradoris, Atagema

Goniodoridella savignyi is species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

This nudibranch has a wide distribution and can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific with sightings in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Yellow Sea, the Japan Sea, the Red Sea and South Africa.

Its color is white with variable amounts of bright yellow dots on top of the spicules. In some specimens, it has shown brownish pigments instead of yellow pigments.

References

Goniodoridella savignyi Wikipedia