Goniobranchus loringi (Angas, 1864) is a animal in the Chromodorididae family, order Nudibranchia, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Goniobranchus loringi (Angas, 1864)

Goniobranchus loringi (Angas, 1864)

Goniobranchus loringi is a colourful endemic Australian dorid nudibranch, moved to Goniobranchus in 2012.

Genus
Goniobranchus
Order
Nudibranchia
Class
Gastropoda

About Goniobranchus loringi (Angas, 1864)

Goniobranchus loringi is a colourful species of sea slug. It is classified as a dorid nudibranch, which is a type of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. Originally placed in the genus Chromodoris, this species was moved to the genus Goniobranchus in 2012. Goniobranchus loringi was first described based on specimens from Port Jackson, Australia, and it is endemic to south-eastern Australia.

Photo: (c) Richard Ling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Nudibranchia Chromodorididae Goniobranchus

More from Chromodorididae

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

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