Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Heterobranchia

Superorder: Opisthobranchia

Order: Nudibranchia

Suborder: Doridina

Family: Goniodorididae

Scientific name: Goniodoris nodosa

 

Norwegian: -

(Korsvika - The Trondheim fjord / 24 meters / 2.24.2010)

Distribution: G. nodosa can be found from the sublitoral zone and down to 120 meters depth. It is registered from Spain and as far North as Nordland.

Characteristics: The length of the translucent, white speckled body, is less than 3 cm. A low keel runs down the middle of the back, continued by another keel on the "tail". A white pigmented stripe may follow the median keel, both on the back and the "tail".

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