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Description
Goniodoridella (Pruvot-Fol, 1933) is an accepted genus of minute dorid nudibranchs in the family Goniodorididae. Two species are listed, including the type species Goniodoridella savignyi, described from the Gulf of Suez (Red Sea) and reported across the tropical and subtropical Indo-West Pacific, although recent work shows it is a complex of similar species. It is only about 3-7 mm long and is found at 2-15 m on rock, reef and silty sand with bryozoans.
Identification
Information is based mainly on the type species G. savignyi: a minute, translucent white (sometimes brownish) slug with yellow on the dorsal tubercles, rhinophores and gill leaves, and a network of fine spicules in the mantle; the mantle edge is slightly raised and a dorsal ridge runs to the gills. Close relatives in the species complex are hard to tell apart externally and need anatomical or molecular study.
Species in this genus (4)
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