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Goniodoris meracula

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Goniodoris meracula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Goniodoris
Species:
G. meracula
Binomial name
Goniodoris meracula
Burn, 1958[1]

Goniodoris meracula is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was first described from Victoria, south-eastern Australia. It is found from Pearson Island, South Australia to the mid New South Wales coast, from intertidal to 65 m depth.[3][4]

Description

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This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour, with spots and patches of white and brown surface pigment.

Ecology

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Goniodoris meracula feeds on colonial ascidians into which it eats cavities within which it is often hidden.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Burn, R.F., 1958. Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society Australia, 1(2): 20-36, pls. 6-7.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Goniodoris meracula Burn, 1958. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
  3. ^ Burn, R. (1989). Opisthobranchs, in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia, Part II. South Australian Government Printing Division, Adelaide. 900 pages
  4. ^ a b Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 3) Goniodoris meracula Burn, 1958. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.