WoRMS taxon details
Goniobranchus decorus (Pease, 1860)
597332 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597332)
accepted
Species
Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860) · unaccepted
Chromodoris ndukuei Risbec, 1928 · unaccepted
Doris decora Pease, 1860 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Glossodoris (Chromodoris) ndukuei (Risbec, 1928) · unaccepted
Glossodoris decora (Pease, 1860) · unaccepted
Glossodoris ndukuei (Risbec, 1928) · unaccepted
marine
(of Doris decora Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Goniobranchus decorus (Pease, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597332 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doris decora Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
original description (of Chromodoris ndukuei Risbec, 1928) Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. [Contribution to the study of New Caledonian nudibranchs. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 2: 1-328 [incl. figs 1-98, pls 1-12, maps].
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Chromodoris ndukuei Risbec, 1928) Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. [Contribution to the study of New Caledonian nudibranchs. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 2: 1-328 [incl. figs 1-98, pls 1-12, maps].
page(s): 145 [details] Available for editors

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]
Other
additional source
Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 274 [details]
page(s): 274 [details]





To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniobranchus decorus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Doris decora Pease, 1860)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Upper: same photo as in Rudman (1986). (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniobranchus decorus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Doris decora Pease, 1860)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Upper: same photo as in Rudman (1986). (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chromodoris decora (Pease, 1860))