MOLLUSCA : NUDIBRANCHIA : Goniodorididae | SNAILS, SLUGS, ETC. |
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Goniodoris nodosa |
Description: A translucent white nudibranch with small tubercles and specks of white and/or yellow pigment on its dorsum. An opaque pale yellow ridge runs down the middle of the back to the tip of the tail. There is a transparent patch that is situated just behind the branchial plume, this looks like a small pore on the animals back. The lamellate rhinophores have a yellow tinge, the oral tentacles are dorso-ventrally flattened. This species may reach a length of 27mm.
Habitat: Juveniles feed on bryozoans, especially Alcyonidium diaphanum, but the adults feed on ascidians, especially Diplosoma listerianum and Dendrodoa grossularia.
Distribution: Distributed from north west Spain to the Faeroes. A common species all round the British Isles both on shore and in the shallow sublittoral, it has been recorded at depths down to 120m.
Key Identification Features:
Distribution Map: NBN map : National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
WoRMS: Species record : World Register of Marine Species.
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database
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Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Goniodoris nodosa (Montagu, 1808). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. https://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=W12970 Accessed on 2025-02-08 |
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