Goniodoris nodosa

Goniodoris nodosa
The nudibranch Goniodoris nodosa, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae
Genus:	Goniodoris
Species:	G. nodosa
Binomial name
Goniodoris nodosa Montagu, 1808[1]
Synonyms
Doris barvicensis Johnston, 1838 Doris elongata Thompson W., 1840 Doris nodosa Montagu, 1808 (original combination) Goniodoris emarginata Forbes, 1840

Goniodoris nodosa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was first described from Devon. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland where it is common from the lower shore to moderate depths.^[2]

Description

This goniodorid nudibranch is translucent white in colour, with spots of white and yellow.

Ecology

Goniodoris nodosa feeds on bryozoans of the genus Alcyonidium, including Alcyonidium diaphanum, and, when fully grown, the tunicate Dendrodoa grossularia, family Styelidae.

References

1. Montagu, G., 1808. Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9:81-114, pls. 1-8.
2. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland

• Montagu G., 1808: Testacea Britannica - Supplement ; Exeter pp. V + 183 pp. + pl. 17-30
• Johnston G., 1838: Miscellanea zoologica ; Annals of Natural History, or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology 1 (1): 44-56, 114-125
• Thompson W., 1840: Contributions towards a knowledge of the Mollusca Nudibranchia and Mollusca Tunicata of Ireland, with descriptions of some apparently new species of Invertebrata;

Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 (29): 84-102

• Forbes E., 1840: On some new and rare British mollusca; Annals of Natural History, or Magazine of Zoology, Botany and Geology 5(29): 102-108, pl. 2
• Alder J. & Hancock A., 1845: Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca ; Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316
• Picton B.E. & Morrow C.C., 1994: A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. ; Immel Publishing LtId., London.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180-213