Species Goniobranchus aureopurpurea (Collingwood, 1881)

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• Chromodoris aureopurpurea Collingwood, C. 1881. On some new species of nudibranchiate mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 2: 123–140 [129-130].
• Chromodoris variata Risbec, 1953.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [91]

Generic Combinations

• Glossodoris aureopurpurea (Collingwood, 1881).
• Goniobranchus aureopurpurea (Collingwood, 1881).
• Glossodoris variata (Risbec, 1953).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [91]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [117, species 145]

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