''Goniobranchus obsoletus'' is a
species of colourful
sea slug, a dorid
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the family
Chromodorididae.
[Bouchet, P. (2012)]
''Goniobranchus obsoletus''.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-07
Distribution
This species was described from the
Red Sea. It has also been reported from the
Persian Gulf.
[Rudman, W.B., 2004 (August 3]
''Chromodoris obsoleta'' (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 or 31).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
''Goniobranchus obsoletus'' is a
chromodorid
Chromodorididae, or chromodorids, are a taxonomic family of colourful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. “Chromodorid nudibranchs are among the most gorgeously coloured of all animals.†...
nudibranch with a mostly white mantle and an orange mantle edge. There is an irregular band of blue-black just inside the orange margin and the mantle is rugose with an orange-brown reticulation between the raised pustules. The
rhinophores and gills are translucent brown with white markings.
[Vine, P. (1986). ''Red Sea Invertebrates''. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.]
References
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Chromodorididae
Gastropods described in 1831