Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998) is a animal in the Chromodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)

Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)

Goniobranchus hintuanensis is a colorful species of dorid nudibranch sea slug found across parts of the Indo-Pacific.

Genus
Goniobranchus
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Goniobranchus hintuanensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)

Goniobranchus hintuanensis is a species of colorful sea slug. It is classified as a dorid nudibranch, which is a type of marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chromodorididae. This species was first described from a specimen collected in Balayan Bay, Luzon, Philippines. It has also been reported from the Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka. Specimens found in the Indian Ocean have a distinct difference in their dorsal pattern: they have yellow spots in the paler patches of this pattern.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Goniobranchus

More from Chromodorididae

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

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