Goniobranchus verrieri

Goniobranchus verrieri is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[2][3]

Goniobranchus verrieri
Goniobranchus verrieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. verrieri
Binomial name
Goniobranchus verrieri (Crosse, 1875)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris marginata (Pease, 1860) Chromodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875) Doris marginata Pease, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of Doris marginata Montagu, 1803, and Doris marginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Glossodoris verrieri (Crosse, 1875) Goniodoris verrieri Crosse, 1875 (basionym)

Distribution

This marine species was described from New Caledonia.^[1][4] It is recorded from localities in the Indo-West Pacific.^[5]

Description

Goniobranchus verrieri has a white mantle with a red margin and a yellow submarginal band. The gills and rhinophores are red with white edging. The length of the body varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.^[6][7][8]