Goniodoris castanea

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Goniodoris castanea
Aranmore, Aran Islands, Co Galway, Ireland.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Goniodoris
Species:
G. castanea
Binomial name
Goniodoris castanea
Synonyms
  • Doris pareti Vérany, 1846[2]

Goniodoris castanea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[3]

Plate from A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca illustrating Goniodoris castanea

This species was first described from Salcombe Estuary, Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland and from Norway to the Mediterranean Sea.[4][5]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is variable in colour, usually red-brown or dark purple but also bright red. Most individuals have scattered irregular small patches of white or grey all over the body.[6]

Its body length is usually 15 mm.[7] The maximum recorded body length is 38 mm.[7]

Ecology

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