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Goniobranchus geminus Twin Chromodoris, Gem Nudibranch, Gem Slug

Goniobranchus geminus is commonly referred to as Twin Chromodoris, Gem Nudibranch, Gem Slug. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Goniobranchus geminus, Tanzania 2024


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lexID:
1273 
AphiaID:
597335 
Scientific:
Goniobranchus geminus 
German:
Twin-Chromodoris 
English:
Twin Chromodoris, Gem Nudibranch, Gem Slug 
Category:
Nudibranchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Goniobranchus (Genus) > geminus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Rudman, ), 1987 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Tansania, Thailand 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
13 - 16 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Overhangs, Seawater, Sea water, Underwater caves, Underwater caverns 
Size:
up to 2.36" (6 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 69.8 °F (°C - 21°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Sponges 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
More related species
in this lexicon
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-05-26 19:57:25 

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Goniobranchus geminus (Rudman, 1987)

Goniobranchus geminus has a yellow body with four color bands around the mantle edge (white, grayish-purple, bluish-white and then bright golden yellow ). On the middle of the dorsum thera are purple-brown spots ringed with bluish-white.

The lamelated rhinophores are yellow or purple , gills are white outlined with beige.

This very colourful sea slug can be found on the external slopes of coral reefs.

Similar to Goniobranchus kuniei and Goniobranchus tritos.

Synonymised names:
Chromodoris geminus Rudman, 1987 (original combination)

External links

  1. Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 26.05.2024.
  3. seaunseen (en). Abgerufen am 26.05.2024.
  4. Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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