Goniobranchus alius
species of mollusc
Goniobranchus alius is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.
Distribution
This species is reported from Kenya to South Africa on the Western seaboard of the Indian Ocean and from Réunion and Sri Lanka. It is also reported from the Marshall Islands.
The public source identifies “Goniobranchus alius” as species of mollusc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Goniobranchus, alius and species.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5581877. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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