Goniobranchus woodwardae
Species of gastropod
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Goniobranchus woodwardae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Goniobranchus |
| Species: | G. woodwardae |
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| Goniobranchus woodwardae | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia.[4]
Description
Goniobranchus woodwardae has a pale lilac mantle which grades to darker pink in some individuals. There are small to medium-sized red spots scattered over the mantle and a white band at the edge followed by a narrow yellow marginal band.[5] Chromodoris thompsoni is very similar and this is one of a group of species in SE Australia which mimic each other in colour.[6][7]