The nudibranch Goniobranchus cavae, Réunion Island colour form.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Nudibranchia
Suborder:
Doridina
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Chromodorididae
Genus:
Goniobranchus
Species:
G. cavae
Binomial name
Goniobranchus cavae
Eliot, 1904[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904
Goniobranchus cavae is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.[2][3]
^Eliot, 1904. On some nudibranchs from east Africa and Zanzibar. Part IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1:380-406, pls. 23-24.
^ abBouchet, P. (2015). Goniobranchus cavae (Eliot, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-11-14
^Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479
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