Author: Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023

Order: Nudibranchia  Family: Goniodorididae

Maximum Size: 7 mm

Sightings: Ambon, Indonesia; Anilao, Philippines

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This species matches the Goniodoris sp. 6 of NSSI, 2018, Page 48, lower right.

The body and foot are translucent but with a dense coverage of small opaque white spots. The notal margin is raised into a ridge encircling the rhinophores and gills and is white in colour. The foot carries deep-red marginal and yellow submarginal narrow bands. These bands do not extend to the region between the oral tentacles. The oral tentacles match the colouration of the foot bands having a small amount of yellow to the base with the rest being dark red. The rhinophores are large and lamellate on the posterior face. They are translucent with opaque white speckling and a deep-red tip sometimes carrying yellow specks. The gills are white.

David A. Mullins – May 2025

References:
– Gosliner, T. M., Valde ́s, A ́. & Behrens, D. W. (2018). Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification – Indo-Pacific, 2nd Edition. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

– Paz-Sedano, S., Smirnoff, D., Gosliner, T. M. & Pola, M. (2023). When a genus must become two: resurrection of Pelagella Gray, 1850 with the description of six new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 89(2).