African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Goniobranchus fidelis (Kelaart, 1858)

AfReMaS taxon details

Goniobranchus fidelis (Kelaart, 1858)

AphiaID

597334 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597334)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Goniobranchus Pease, 1866

Original name

Doris fidelis Kelaart, 1858

Synonymised names

Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Goniobranchus fidelis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597334 on 2026-02-12

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Goniobranchus fidelis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597334 on 2026-02-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-04-21 16:29:02Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-07-10 10:46:10Z

changed

Herbert, David

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original description (of ) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Rudman, W. B. & Darvell, B. W. (1990). Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). In Asian Marine Biology 7 (ed. Morton, B.), PP31-79. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 266 [details]

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. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Goniobranchus fidelis)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858))
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Upper: same photo as in Rudman (1985). (from synonym Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858))