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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHROMODORIDIDAE: CHROMODORIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Chromodorididae (Family)
> Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
> Goniobranchus (Genus)
> aureomarginatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lissodoris Odhner, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881
=Glossodoris aureomarginata (Cheeseman, 1881)
=Lissodoris mollis Odhner, 1934
Images: Goniobranchus aureomarginatus (Cheeseman, 1881)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHROMODORIDIDAE: CHROMODORIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Chromodorididae (Family)
> Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
> Goniobranchus (Genus)
> aureomarginatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lissodoris Odhner, 1934
Synonymised Names:
=Chromodoris aureomarginata Cheeseman, 1881
=Glossodoris aureomarginata (Cheeseman, 1881)
=Lissodoris mollis Odhner, 1934
Details: Goniobranchus aureomarginatus (Cheeseman, 1881)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 45mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.66)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1984 The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-west Pacific: a review of the genera, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 81(2-3) (p.242)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.285)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil