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| image = Goniobranchus bombayanus.jpg
| image_caption = Photographed in Mumbai in October 2018
| genus = Goniobranchus
| species = bombayanus
| authority = (Winckworth, 1946)<ref name=orig>Winckworth, R. (1946). ''Glossodoris'' from Bombay. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 26, 155-160.</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
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|Glossodoris bombayana |Winckworth, 1946
|Chromodoris naiki|(Valdes, Mollo, & Ortea, 1999) <ref>Valdés Á., Mollo E. & Ortea J. (1999) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53711#page/479/mode/1up ''Two new species of ''Chromodoris'' (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae) from Southern India, with a redescription of ''Chromodoris trimarginata'' (Winckworth, 1946)''.] Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51 (13): 461-472</ref>
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'''''Goniobranchus bombayanus''''' is a [[species]] of colourful [[sea slug]], a dorid [[nudibranch]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]] in the family [[Chromodorididae]].<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2018). [http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307823 ''Goniobranchus bombayanus'' (Winckworth, 1946).] Accessed on 2018-11-06.</ref><ref>Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 ''Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs''.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479</ref>

==Distribution==
This species was described from [[Bombay]], [[India]].<ref name=orig /> It occurs in the [[Gulf of Bengal]] off northeast India and the [[Andaman Islands]].<ref name=ssf>Valdés, A., 2000 (July 23) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chronaik ''Chromodoris naiki'' Valdés, Mollo & Ortea, 1999.] <nowiki>[In]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</ref>

==Description==
''Goniobranchus bombayanus'' is a chromodorid nudibranch with a translucent white mantle with rounded purple spots and an orange submarginal band of coalescent spots. The centre of the back has a brownish hue and the surface is raised into tiny white papillae. The body reaches a length of 30 mm.<ref name=ssf /><ref>Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Mar 9). [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22316 ''Comment on ''Chromodoris naiki'' from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal J Bhave.''] <nowiki>[Message in]</nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</ref><ref>Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) ''Nudibranchs of the world.'' ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 159</ref><ref>Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) ''Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna''. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 227</ref> It is very similar to ''[[Goniobranchus kitae]]''.

==References==
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[[Category:Chromodorididae]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1946]]

Goniobranchus bombayanus - Revision history

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