Goniobranchus charlottae

Goniobranchus charlottae
Chromodoris charlottae at Marsa Shoona, Egypt
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. charlottae
Binomial name
Goniobranchus charlottae (Schrödl, 1999) [1]
Synonyms
Chromodoris charlottae (Schrödl, 1999) Glossodoris charlottae Schrödl, 1999 (basionym)

Goniobranchus charlottae 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 the Red Sea. It appears to be a Red Sea endemic.^[4]

References

1. Schrödl M. (1999) Glossodoris charlottae, a new chromodorid nudibranch from the Red Sea (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Vita Marina 46 (3-4): 89-94. page(s): 90-94
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus charlottae. 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., 2005 (May 30) Chromodoris charlottae (Schroedl, 1999). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

Further reading

• Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 155
• 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
• 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