species: Goniobranchus kuniei in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Goniobranchus kuniei


©Steve Childs: Kunes chromodoris (Goniobranchus kuniei)

©Jan Messersmith: Goniobranchus kuniei

©Jan Messersmith: Goniobranchus kuniei

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Chromodorididae
Genus Goniobranchus
Species Goniobranchus kuniei
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 5 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • From 5 m to 40 m

Synonyms

Comments

The photographed specimen appears to be the first record of this species from Lizard Island.

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It likes waters that are between 21 and 26 degrees Celsius. (Wikipedia)

Behaviour

entire mantle flats when crawling

Web resources

References

  • Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
  • N Coleman (2008). Nudibranchs Encyclopedia: Catalogue of Asia/ Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic, Springwood, Qld.