Ole Johan Brett, Norwegen
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Goniobranchus leopardus (Rudman, 1987)
The Leopard nudibranch belongs to a group of similarly colored species. Other species include Hypselodoris tryoni, Goniobranchus kuniei and Goniobranchus geminus. They all have large purple or purple-brown spots or markings, usually edged in white, an often reticulated brownish background and a purple border.
Chromodoris geminus differs in that it has four bands of color around the mantle edge: an outermost white, then a translucent gray-violet, then white, then yellow. The other three have a distinct purple line at the edge, narrow in Goniobranchus leopardus and Hypselodoris tryoni, but wide in Goniobranchus kuniei.
Members of the genus are food specialists who feed on certain sponges.
Synonym:
Chromodoris leopardus Rudman, 1987
The Leopard nudibranch belongs to a group of similarly colored species. Other species include Hypselodoris tryoni, Goniobranchus kuniei and Goniobranchus geminus. They all have large purple or purple-brown spots or markings, usually edged in white, an often reticulated brownish background and a purple border.
Chromodoris geminus differs in that it has four bands of color around the mantle edge: an outermost white, then a translucent gray-violet, then white, then yellow. The other three have a distinct purple line at the edge, narrow in Goniobranchus leopardus and Hypselodoris tryoni, but wide in Goniobranchus kuniei.
Members of the genus are food specialists who feed on certain sponges.
Synonym:
Chromodoris leopardus Rudman, 1987
