Goniodoris felis
Baba, 1949

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: ANADORIDOIDEA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Known from Japan and Hong Kong.

PHOTO

10mm long, Kerama Is.[near Okinawa], 15m, Japan, May, 1999. PHOTO: Atsushi Ono.

The colour is quite distinctive with an opaque white head and dorsum and gills with a few dark brown patches. The sides of the body are translucent clear with some brown and white mottling. It grows to at least 20mm in length.

References:
• Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Iwanami Shoten: Tokyo.
• Rudman, W.B., Darvell, B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch Molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Nudibranch Families; Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae. Asian Marine Biology, 7: 31-79.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 11) Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/gonifeli

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