Goniobranchus bombayanus

Goniobranchus bombayanus
	Photographed in Mumbai in October 2018
Scientific classification
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Species:	Template:Taxonomy/GoniobranchusG. bombayanus
Binomial name
	Template:Taxonomy/GoniobranchusGoniobranchus bombayanus; (Winckworth, 1946)
Synonyms
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Goniobranchus bombayanus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Bombay, India.^[1] It occurs in the Gulf of Bengal off northeast India and the Andaman Islands.^[4]

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.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] It is very similar to Goniobranchus kitae.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Winckworth, R. (1946). Glossodoris from Bombay. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 26, 155-160.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Goniobranchus bombayanus (Winckworth, 1946). Accessed on 2018-11-06.
↑ Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Valdés, A., 2000 (July 23) Chromodoris naiki Valdés, Mollo & Ortea, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
↑ Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Mar 9). Comment on Chromodoris naiki from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal J Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
↑ Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 159
↑ 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

[orig-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Winckworth, R. (1946). Glossodoris from Bombay. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 26, 155-160.

[WoRMS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 MolluscaBase (2018). Goniobranchus bombayanus (Winckworth, 1946). Accessed on 2018-11-06.

[3] Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479

[ssf-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Valdés, A., 2000 (July 23) Chromodoris naiki Valdés, Mollo & Ortea, 1999. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[5] Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Mar 9). Comment on Chromodoris naiki from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal J Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[6] Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 159

[7] 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

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