Species Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858)
- Doris preciosa Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139.
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon), Indian Ocean.
Generic Combinations
- Chromodoris preciosa (Kelaart, 1858). —
Eliot, C.N.E. 1906. On the nudibranchs of southern India and Ceylon, with special reference to the drawings by Kelaart and the collections belonging to Alder and Hancock preserved in the Hancock Museum at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(463-1052): 636-691 [642] - Goniobranchus preciosa (Kelaart, 1858). —
Gosliner, T., Valdés, Á. & Behrens, D. 2015. Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. Jacksonville : New World Publications 1, pp. 408. [222]
Introduction
Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858) may not occur in Australia. Soong et al. (2022) cite several misidentifications of this species attributed to Rudman (1985) and Gosliner et al. (2008), and referred records of G. preciosus from the western Pacific to the new species Goniobranchus fabulus Soong & Gosliner, 2022. While it seems likely that records of G. preciosus from QLD are probably of G. fabulus, Soong & Gosliner (2022) did not examine specimens from Australia and it is possible that those from NT represent G. preciosus. We retain the species until further study of specimens can be conducted.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Darwin, NT; based on a specimen in the NT Museum
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Soong, GY, Bonomo, LJ, Reimer, JD, Gosliner, TM 2021. Battle of the bands: systematics and phylogeny of the white Goniobranchus nudibranchs with marginal bands (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae). ZooKeys 1083: 169-210
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2023 | NUDIBRANCHIA | 24-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Apr-2022 | CHROMODORIDIDAE Bergh, 1891 | 20-Apr-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 30-Nov-2011 | OPISTHOBRANCHIA | 30-Nov-2011 | MOVED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |