Goniobranchus pseudodecorus

Goniobranchus pseudodecorus is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.^[2]

Goniobranchus pseudodecorus
Goniobranchus pseudodecorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Goniobranchus
Species:	G. pseudodecorus
Binomial name
Goniobranchus pseudodecorus Yonow, 2018[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Hotel Zabargad, 120 km south of Marsa Alam, Egypt with additional material from Hurghada, Eilat and Quseir, Egypt and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.^[1] It was reported by Eliot (1908)^[3] from Khor Dongola in the Sudanese Red Sea as a pale variety of Chromodoris maculosa.^[1]

Description

Goniobranchus pseudodecorus has a translucent white or pale orange mantle with longitudinal, irregular opaque white lines and striations. Between these lines are small round magenta spots. There is an opaque white area towards the edge of the mantle which is more extensive at the head and behind the gill. At the edge of the mantle there is an orange band with regularly spaced white breaks or spots. The rhinophores and gill leaflets are translucent with some orange and some white markings.^[1][4]