Goniobranchus kitae
Species of mollusc
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Goniobranchus kitae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
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| Goniobranchus kitae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. kitae |
| Binomial name | |
| Goniobranchus kitae (Gosliner, 1994)[1] | |
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Distribution
This species is known from Madagascar and South Africa.[3]
Description
Goniobranchus kitae has a white translucent mantle with a broken yellow submarginal line at the edge. The mantle is covered with large round magenta spots. The gill leaves and rhinophores are translucent with small white spots on the surfaces.[4] It has some similarity to Goniobranchus bimaensis and Goniobranchus tumuliferus.[3]