Goniodoris nodosa

Goniodoris nodosa (Montagu, 1808)

Goniodoris nodosa @ Strangford Lough, Co Down, Northern Ireland. 20 Oct 2005 by Bernard Picton

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Ringipleura
	Superorder	Nudipleura
	Order	Nudibranchia
	Suborder	Doridina
	Infraorder	Doridoidei
	Superfamily	Onchidoridoidea
	Family	Goniodorididae
	Genus	Goniodoris
	Species	Goniodoris nodosa (Montagu, 1808)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 140033).

Synonyms

Doris barvicensis Johnston, 1838
Doris elongata Thompson W., 1840
Doris nodosa Montagu, 1808 (original)
Goniodoris emarginata Forbes, 1840

Description

Biology

Etymology

Goniodoris. From Greek “gonios”, angle + “Doris”, in Greek mythology, wife of Nereus, nymph of the waters and mother of the Nereids.
Nodosa. From Latin, tied into many knots, full of knots, knotty.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Goniodoris nodosa
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

References for the species: Goniodoris nodosa

Cantabria: Ortea (1977c). Galicia: Ortea (1977c), Urgorri and Besteiro (1983), Rolán (1983). Portugal: Nobre (1932), García-Gómez et al. (1991).

General: Alder & Hancock, 1846:fam. 1, pl. 18[P]; Bergh, 1880d:119; Brown & Picton, 1979:9; Colgan, 1914:203; Fez Sanchez, 1974:126; Forbes & Hanley, 1850-1851:572; Garstang, 1890:447; Herdman & Clubb, 1889:227; Hayward, Wigham, & Yonow, 1990:715; Hoffmann, 1926:14; Hunnam & Brown, 1975:145; Jeffreys, 1869:81; Jutting & Engel, 1936:48; Larsen, 1925:34; McMillan, 1968:69; Nobre, 1931:46; 1936:31; 1938-40:58; Nordsieck, 1972:52; Odhner, 1939:41; Picton & Morrow, 1994:54[P]; Pruvot-Fol, 1954b:307; Swennen, 1987:33; Thompson, 1976:[P]; 1976a:[P]; 1988:158[P]; Thompson & Brown, 1976:80; 1984:41[P]; Vayssiere, 1913a:352

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Goniodoris nodosa based on our own records.

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Bibliography

Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Goniodoris nodosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 29/08/2014, Accessed: 26/01/2020 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/vExUN)

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