Goniobranchus alius
Species of gastropod
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Goniobranchus alius is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
| Goniobranchus alius | |
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| The nudibranch Goniobranchus alius, Nomad, Diani, Kenya. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. alius |
| Binomial name | |
| Goniobranchus alius | |
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Distribution
This species is reported from Kenya to South Africa on the Western seaboard of the Indian Ocean and from Réunion and Sri Lanka.[4][5][6] It is also reported from the Marshall Islands.[7]