Goniobranchus aureomarginatus

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. aureomarginatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus ( Cheeseman, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (basionym) Glossodoris aureomarginata (Cheeseman, 1881) Lissodoris mollis Odhner, 1934 (Possible junior synonym of Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (Rudman, 1984))

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus 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 Auckland harbour and Waiwera, New Zealand. It is apparently a New Zealand endemic.^[4]

Description

This chromodorid nudibranch has a white mantle which is edged with yellow. The rhinophores and gills are translucent white with some opaque white pigment on the gill rachis and the rhinophore lamellae.^[4]

References

1. Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick. 1881. [for 1880]. On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions & Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 13:222-224.
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus aureomarginatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
3. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2004 (June 21) Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Further reading

• Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 130, 242
• Rudman W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299. page(s): 243
• Rudman W. B. (1990). "The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100(3): 263-326. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x.
• Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 161