Goniobranchus geminus ( Rudman, 1987 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 28

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scientific name	Goniobranchus geminus ( Rudman, 1987 )
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Goniobranchus geminus ( Rudman, 1987) View in CoL

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Material examined. Eight specimens. MB28-004711, ZT, 11 Aug. 2013, 45m, 50mm; MB28-004718, ZT, 11 Aug. 2013, 45m, 49mm; MB28-004742, ZA51, 26 Sep. 2013, 12m, 28mm; MB28-0 0 4829, 4 spcs., POA, 0 8 May 2014, 40m, 28–50mmm; MHN-YT1606, NW, 11 Apr 2016, 20m, 32mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Thailand (Gosliner et al. 2008), Christmas Island ( Rudman 1987), India (Remakrishna et al. 2010), Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Tanzania, Réunion Island ( Rudman 1987), Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

References

Debelius, H. (1996) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails. Indo-Pacific Field Guide. From the Red Sea to South Africa. Across to the West Coast of the Americas. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, 321 pp.

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Rudman, W. B. (1987) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chrornodods epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. anndata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, 305 - 407. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1987. tb 01357. x

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, Goniobranchus annulatus (MB28-004538). B–G, Goniobranchus cavae species complex (MB28-004546, MB28-004946, MB28-004871, MHN-YT1266, MB28-004873 and MB28-004969, respectively). H, Goniobranchus conchyliatus (MB28-004469). I, Goniobranchus decorus (MB28-004594). J, Goniobranchus fidelis (MB28-005039). K, Goniobranchus geminus (MB28-004718). I, Goniobranchus geometricus (MB28-004849).