WoRMS taxon details

Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858)

597340  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597340)

accepted
Species
Doris preciosa Kelaart, 1858 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Doris preciosa Kelaart, 1858) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. <em>Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.</em> 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Distribution Widely distributed around the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans, with specific reports from Sri Lanka, west...  
Distribution Widely distributed around the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans, with specific reports from Sri Lanka, west coast of India and the Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. Records cited by Gosliner et al. (2008) from New Caledonia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Australia are of Goniobranchus fabulus, not G. preciosus[details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597340 on 2024-03-19
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2012-04-21 16:29:02Z
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original description  (of Doris preciosa Kelaart, 1858) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. <em>Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.</em> 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record Soong, G.Y., Bonomo, L.J., Reimer, J.D. & Gosliner, T.M. (2022). Battle of the bands: systematics and phylogeny of the white <i>Goniobranchus</i> nudibranchs with marginal bands (Nudibranchia, Chromodorididae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1083: 169-210., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1083.72939
page(s): 181, figs 2c–f, 5c, d, 8a–f [details]   

new combination reference Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Widely distributed around the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific oceans, with specific reports from Sri Lanka, west coast of India and the Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. Records cited by Gosliner et al. (2008) from New Caledonia, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Australia are of Goniobranchus fabulus, not G. preciosus[details]