Goniobranchus bombayanus | |
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Photographed in Mumbai in October 2018 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. bombayanus
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus bombayanus (Winckworth, 1946)
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Synonyms [3] | |
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Goniobranchus bombayanus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [3] [4]
This species was described from Bombay, India. [1] It occurs in the Gulf of Bengal off northeast India and the Andaman Islands. [5]
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. [5] [6] [7] [8] It is very similar to Goniobranchus kitae.
Goniobranchus bombayanus | |
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Photographed in Mumbai in October 2018 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. bombayanus
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus bombayanus (Winckworth, 1946)
[1]
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Synonyms [3] | |
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Goniobranchus bombayanus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. [3] [4]
This species was described from Bombay, India. [1] It occurs in the Gulf of Bengal off northeast India and the Andaman Islands. [5]
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. [5] [6] [7] [8] It is very similar to Goniobranchus kitae.