Goniobranchus collingwoodi (Rudman, 1987) is a animal in the Chromodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Goniobranchus collingwoodi (Rudman, 1987)

Goniobranchus collingwoodi (Rudman, 1987)

Goniobranchus collingwoodi, or Collingwood's chromodoris, is a colourful marine dorid nudibranch in the Chromodorididae family.

Genus
Goniobranchus
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Goniobranchus collingwoodi (Rudman, 1987)

Goniobranchus collingwoodi, commonly known as Collingwood's chromodoris, is a species of very colourful sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch, which is a type of marine gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Chromodorididae. This species was originally described from material collected in New Caledonia. It has also been reported to occur in Queensland, New South Wales, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Goniobranchus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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