Goniodoris ovata

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Goniodoris ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
G. ovata
Binomial name
Goniodoris ovata
Barnard, 1934[1]

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

Distribution[]

This species was first described from South Africa.

Description[]

Ecology[]

Goniodoris ovata probably feeds on bryozoans or colonial ascidians but the diet is apparently not yet determined.

References[]

  1. ^ Barnard, K. H. (1934). A new species of Goniodoris from South Africa. Journal of Conchology, London. 20 : 2-3
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