Goniobranchus_albopunctatus

<i>Goniobranchus albopunctatus</i>

Goniobranchus albopunctatus

Species of gastropod

Goniobranchus albopunctatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3][4]

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Distribution

This marine species was described from Huahine, Society Islands, Pacific Ocean. It has been reported from Sulawesi and on the East African coast from Tanzania to South Africa[5] and from the Marshall Islands.[6][7][8][9][10]

References

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    Garrett A. (1879) Description of a new species of Goniobranchus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia: 31 page(s): 31
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    Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Goniobranchus albopunctatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22
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    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.
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    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
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    Rudman, W.B., 2000 (February 25) Chromodoris albopunctata (Garrett, 1879). [In Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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    Scott Johnson (2015) Goniobranchus albopunctatus. [In] Underwater Kwajalein
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    Rudman W.B. (1986) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava color group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 307-404 page(s): 401
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    Rudman W.B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 305-407 page(s): 371
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    Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 154
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    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): 223
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