Species Goniobranchus tinctorius (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Doris tinctoria Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. 1828 [1828-1830]. Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt : H.L. Brönner pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tor, Egypt.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rudman, W.B. 1973. Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 52(3): 175-199
• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [100]

 

Generic Combinations

• Chromodoris tinctoria (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828). —
  Burn, R. 1989. Opisthobranchs (Subclass Opisthobranchia). In, Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part II. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printing Division. [761, pl. 49.4]
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [117, species 146]
• Goniobranchus tinctoria (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chromodoris petechialis (Gould, 1852) [misidentification; as junior synonym of G. tinctorius, a species currently treated as valid]. —
  Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 12: 1-510 [296] (description, type location Hawaii)
• Chromodoris alderi Collingwood, 1881 [misidentification; as junior synonym of G. tinctorius, but currently treated as valid]. —
  Collingwood, C. 1881. On some new species of nudibranchiate mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 2: 123–140 [132] (description, type location northern Formosa [Taiwan])

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific: 0–30 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [74] (photo)

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [100]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-May-2025	NUDIBRANCHIA	12-May-2025	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	NUDIBRANCHIA	12-May-2025	MODIFIED
30-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	30-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
11-Jan-2016		03-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		04-Jun-2014	MODIFIED