Goniobranchus alius

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| image_caption = The nudibranch Goniobranchus alius, Nomad, Diani, Kenya.

| genus = Goniobranchus

| species = alius

| authority = (Rudman, 1987)Rudman, W.B. (1987). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris epicuria, C. aureopurpurea, C. annulata, C. coi and Risbecia tryoni colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90 (3): 305-407 page(s): 356

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Goniobranchus alius is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2012). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597347 Goniobranchus alius.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs.] PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479

Distribution

This species is reported from Kenya to South Africa on the Western seaboard of the Indian Ocean and from Réunion and Sri Lanka.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 22) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chroaliu Chromodoris alius Rudman, 1987.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. {{ISBN|978-3-939767-06-0}} page(s): 162Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 222 It is also reported from the Marshall Islands.Scott Johnson (2015) [http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/nudi/chromodorids/e168.htm Goniobranchus alius.] [In] Underwater Kwajalein

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