Goniodoris ovata

Goniodoris ovata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Goniodoris ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Goniodoris
Species:
G. ovata
Binomial name
Goniodoris ovata
Barnard, 1934[1]

Distribution

This species was first described from South Africa.

Ecology

Goniodoris ovata probably feeds on bryozoans or colonial ascidians but the diet is apparently not yet determined.

References
  1. Barnard, K. H. (1934). A new species of Goniodoris from South Africa. Journal of Conchology, London. 20 : 2-3
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