Goniobranchus decorus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Translucent mantle with a white line running dorsally along body which ends in a Y shape. Another white line runs around the outside of the rhinophores along the body to below the gills. There are scattered purple dots and an orange border along the mantle edge.
Information
Sea Temperature Range: 16.2-24.6°C
Habitat: Rocky Reef
Rarity
IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Rare (1% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
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Goniobranchus decorus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Tom Davis
