Goniobranchus tritos | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Genus: | Goniobranchus |
Species: | G. tritos
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Binomial name | |
Goniobranchus tritos (Yonow, 1994)[1]
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Goniobranchus tritos is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
Goniobranchus tritos has a cream coloured mantle with round black spots, each of which is outlined with a white line. There is a broad band of lilac-grey around the mantle and a narrow line of opaque white at the edge. The gills and rhinophores are grey with white highlights.[4] The body reaches a length of 50 mm.[5]