Goniobranchus aureomarginatus

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.^{[2] [3]}

Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. aureomarginatus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus aureomarginatus (Cheeseman, 1881)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (basionym) Glossodoris aureomarginata (Cheeseman, 1881) Lissodoris mollis Odhner, 1934 (Possible junior synonym of Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881 (Rudman, 1984))

Distribution

This species was described from Auckland harbour and Waiwera, New Zealand. It is apparently a New Zealand endemic.^[4]

Description

This chromodorid nudibranch has a white mantle which is edged with yellow. The rhinophores and gills are translucent white with some opaque white pigment on the gill rachis and the rhinophore lamellae.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}