Goniodoris castanea | |
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Aranmore, Aran Islands, Co Galway, Ireland. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Goniodoris |
Species: | G. castanea
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Binomial name | |
Goniodoris castanea | |
Synonyms | |
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Goniodoris castanea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [3]
This species was first described from Salcombe Estuary, Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland and from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea. [4] [5]
This goniodorid nudibranch is variable in colour, usually red-brown or dark purple but also bright red. Most individuals have scattered irregular small patches of white or grey all over the body. [6]
Its body length is usually 15 mm. [7] The maximum recorded body length is 38 mm. [7]
Goniodoris castanea feeds on tunicates of the genera Botryllus and Botrylloides, family Botryllidae.
Goniodoris castanea | |
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Aranmore, Aran Islands, Co Galway, Ireland. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Goniodoris |
Species: | G. castanea
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Binomial name | |
Goniodoris castanea | |
Synonyms | |
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Goniodoris castanea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [3]
This species was first described from Salcombe Estuary, Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland and from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea. [4] [5]
This goniodorid nudibranch is variable in colour, usually red-brown or dark purple but also bright red. Most individuals have scattered irregular small patches of white or grey all over the body. [6]
Its body length is usually 15 mm. [7] The maximum recorded body length is 38 mm. [7]
Goniodoris castanea feeds on tunicates of the genera Botryllus and Botrylloides, family Botryllidae.