Goniobranchus conchyliatus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Babosa de mar (Goniobranchus conchyliatus), Zanzíbar, Tanzania, 2024-05-30, DD 65.jpg

| image_caption = Goniobranchus conchyliatus, La Réunion

| genus = Goniobranchus

| species = conchyliatus

| authority = (Yonow, 1984)Yonow, Nathalie. (1984). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/134166#page/236/mode/1up Doridacean nudibranchs from Sri Lanka, with descriptions of four new species.] Veliger 26(3):214-228.

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| synonyms= {{species list | Chromodoris conchyliata| Yonow, 1984 (basionym) }}

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Goniobranchus conchyliatus 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=597355 Goniobranchus conchyliatus.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-02Johnson 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 was described from Sri Lanka. It is widespread in the Indian Ocean and is similar in colouration to Goniobranchus geometricus from the West Pacific Ocean.Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 5) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chroconc Chromodoris conchyliata Yonow, 1984.] [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Both species have been reported from South Africa.Fraser, V., 2000 (Jun 26) [http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2570 Chromodoris geometrica & C. conchyliata from S. Africa.] [Message 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): 150Gosliner, 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): 217

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