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Goniaeolididae

Goniaeolis typica
Goniaeolis typica Sars M 1861 01.jpg
Two individuals of Goniaeolis typica, Stokkvågen, Lurøy, Norway, 30 m.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

Superfamily: unassigned / Metarminoidea (a. n.)
Family: Goniaeolididae
Odhner, 1907
Genus: Goniaeolis
M. Sars, 1861
Species: G. typica
Binomial name
Goniaeolis typica
M. Sars, 1861
Synonyms
  • Gonieolididae (misspelling)
  • Gonieolis M. Sars, 1861
  • Goniëolis typica M. Sars 1861
  • Goniaeolis lobata Odhner, 1907

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

Goniaeolis typica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniaeolididae.Goniaeolis typica is the only species in the genus Goniaeolis and it is the only genus within the family Goniaeolididae.

Gonieolis is the original spelling, but incorrect subsequent spelling Goniaeolis is conserved under Art. 33.3.1 of the Code. The synonymy with Goniaeolis lobata was discussed in detail by Odhner in 1922.

It is endemic to Scandinavian waters. This species was described from Kristiansund, Norway. It has subsequently been reported from the Skagerrak, the Hardangerfjord, and at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. The species is known from 30 to 666 m.

External and internal anatomy was described by Nils Hjalmar Odhner in detail in 1922.


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