| Goniobranchus aurigerus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. aurigerus |
| Binomial name | |
| Goniobranchus aurigerus (Rudman, 1990) | |
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Goniobranchus aurigerus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Quinns Rocks, near Perth, Western Australia. It has been reported from Indonesia.
References
- 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: 263-326 page(s): 303
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Goniobranchus aurigerus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-01
- 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.
- Rudman, W.B., 1998 (March 18) Chromodoris aurigera Rudman, 1990. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- Wisnu Purwanto, 2015. Goniobranchus aurigerus. On Flickr.
- Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 155
- 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Goniobranchus aurigerus | |
| Chromodoris aurigera | |