Goniobranchus alius
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Description
Goniobranchus alius (Rudman, 1987)
(Figure 5 K–L)
Material examined. Ten specimens. MHN-YT10, ZRP, 17 Jun. 2011, 1m, 14mm; MB28-004539, ZRP, 0 6 May 2012, 2m, 14mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004540, ZRP, 0 6 May 2012, 2m, 9mm, collected by S. Bruck; ZMBN117024, ZRP, 0 6 May 2012, 2m, 8mm; ZMBN117058, ZRP, 16 Apr. 2014, 0.5m, 16mm; ZMBN11 7063, POD, 11 May 2014, 15m, 16mm; MB28-004864, 2 spcs., POB, 16m, 6-8mm; MB28-0 0 4983, ZSC, 25 Apr. 2015, 20m, 15mm; MB28-005018, ZRP, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 1m, 16mm.
Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.
Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.
Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka (Yonow 1984), Tanzania, Réunion Island (Rudman 1987), Madagascar, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.
Remarks. Specimens show colour variation ranging from a white dorsum with purple mantle edge to a brownish dorsum with light yellow spots inside the purple margin. The latter pattern resembles Goniobranchus aureopurpurus from the West Pacific. Rudman (2005b) suggests that “ G. alius, G. aureopurpureus, G. rufomaculatus and G. albopustulosus ” may be the same species with wide geographic distribution and colour variations.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Chromodorididae
- Genus
- Goniobranchus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Rudman
- Species
- alius
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Goniobranchus alius (Rudman, 1987) sec. Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2017
References
- Rudman, W. B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chrornodods epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. anndata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, 305 - 407. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1987. tb 01357. x
- Mayes, B (2012) Cerberilla sp., Nudipixel, Pergentian, Malasya. Available from: http: // www. nudipixel. net / photo / 00041707 / (accessed 26 July 2017)
- Manson-Parker, C. (2015) Nudibranchs of Seychelles. Archipelago Images, 32 pp. Available from: http: // www. archipelagoimages. net / uploads / 8 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 8396403 / nudibranchs _ of _ seychelles. pdf (accessed 7 May 2017)
- Yonow, N. (1984) Doridacean nudibranchs from Sri Lanka, with descriptions of four new species. The Veliger, 26, 214 - 228.
- Rudman, W. B. (2005 b) White and yellow-spotted Hawaiian chromodorids. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney, Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 13260 (accessed 5 February 2017)