{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chromodoris coi 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Goniobranchus coi'' | taxon = Goniobranchus | authority = (Pease, 1866)<ref name=pease66>Pease, W. H. (1866) [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53815#page/218/mode/1up ''Remarks on Nudibranchiata inhabiting the Pacific Islands, with descriptions of two new genera.''] American Journal of Conchology, 2(3): 204–208, pl 14.</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Lissodoris'' Odhner, 1934 | type_species = ''Doris vibrata'' | type_species_authority= Pease, 1860 }}
thumb|''Goniobranchus obsoletus'', Mediterranean off Israel, 2021 '''''Goniobranchus''''' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Chromodorididae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558453 ''Goniobranchus''.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-22</ref>
==Taxonomic history== ''Goniobranchus'' was described by Pease in 1866 but treated as a synonym of ''Chromodoris'' until 2012 when it was brought back into use for a clade revealed by molecular (DNA) techniques.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Rebecca Fay |last2=Gosliner |first2=Terrence M. |title=Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2012 |volume=7 |issue=4 |article-number=e33479 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0033479|pmid=22506002 |pmc=3323602 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2012PLoSO...733479J }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rudman |first1=W. B. |title=The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |date=1984 |volume=81 |issue=2/3 |pages=115–273 [p. 130] |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x}}</ref>
==Species== Species in the genus ''Goniobranchus'' include:<ref name="WoRMS" /> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} {{Linked species list | Goniobranchus albomaculatus| Pease, 1866 | Goniobranchus albonares| (Rudman, 1990) | Goniobranchus albopunctatus| Garrett, 1879 | Goniobranchus albopustulosus| (Pease, 1860) | Goniobranchus alderi| (Collingwood, 1881) | Goniobranchus alius| (Rudman, 1987) | Goniobranchus annulatus| (Eliot, 1904) | Goniobranchus aureomarginatus| (Cheeseman, 1881) | Goniobranchus aureopurpureus| (Collingwood, 1881) | Goniobranchus aurigerus| (Rudman, 1990) | Goniobranchus bimaensis| (Bergh, 1905) | Goniobranchus bombayanus| (Winckworth, 1946) | Goniobranchus cavae| (Eliot, 1904) | Goniobranchus cazae| (Gosliner & Behrens, 2004) | Goniobranchus charlottae| (Schrödl, 1999) | Goniobranchus coi| (Risbec, 1956) | Goniobranchus collingwoodi| (Rudman, 1987) | Goniobranchus conchyliatus| (Yonow, 1984) | Goniobranchus daphne| (Angas, 1864) | Goniobranchus decorus| (Pease, 1860) | Goniobranchus epicurius| (Basedow & Hedley, 1905) | Goniobranchus fabulus| (Soong & Gosliner, 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Goniobranchus fabulus Soong & Gosliner, 2022 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1561406&from=rss |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}</ref> | Goniobranchus fidelis| (Kelaart, 1858) | Goniobranchus galactos| (Rudman & S. Johnson, 1985) | Goniobranchus geminus| (Rudman, 1987) | Goniobranchus geometricus| (Risbec, 1928) | Goniobranchus gleniei| (Kelaart, 1858) | Goniobranchus heatherae| (Gosliner, 1994) | Goniobranchus hintuanensis| (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998) | Goniobranchus hunterae| (Rudman, 1983) | Goniobranchus kitae| (Gosliner, 1994) | Goniobranchus kuniei| (Pruvot-Fol, 1930) | Goniobranchus lekker| (Gosliner, 1994) | Goniobranchus leopardus| (Rudman, 1987) | Goniobranchus loringi| (Angas, 1864) | Goniobranchus mandapamensis| (Valdés, Mollo & Ortea, 1999) | Goniobranchus multimaculosus| (Rudman, 1987) | Goniobranchus obsoletus| (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831) | Goniobranchus petechialis| (Gould, 1852) | Goniobranchus preciosus| (Kelaart, 1858) | Goniobranchus pruna| (Gosliner, 1994) | Goniobranchus pseudodecorus| Yonow, 2018 | Goniobranchus reticulatus| (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | Goniobranchus roboi| (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998) | Goniobranchus rubrocornutus| (Rudman, 1985) | Goniobranchus rufomaculatus| (Pease, 1871) | Goniobranchus setoensis| (Baba, 1938) | Goniobranchus sinensis| (Rudman, 1985) | Goniobranchus splendidus| (Angas, 1864) | Goniobranchus tasmaniensis| (Bergh, 1905) | Goniobranchus tennentanus| (Kelaart, 1859) | Goniobranchus tinctorius| (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) | Goniobranchus trimarginatus| (Winckworth, 1946) | Goniobranchus tritos| (Yonow, 1994) | Goniobranchus tumuliferus| (Collingwood, 1881) | Goniobranchus verrieri| (Crosse, 1875) | Goniobranchus vibratus| (Pease, 1860) | Goniobranchus woodwardae| (Rudman, 1983) }} {{div col end}} ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Goniobranchus godeffroyanus'' (Bergh, 1877): synonym of ''Hypselodoris godeffroyana'' (Bergh, 1977) * ''Goniobranchus naiki'' (Valdés, Mollo & Ortea, 1999): synonym of ''Goniobranchus bombayanus'' (Winckworth, 1946) {{Clear}} <gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed" heights="125"> Image:Nudibranch - Chromodoris alboneres 2.jpg|''Goniobranchus albonares'' Image:Nudibranch - Chromodoris albopuncta.jpg|''Goniobranchus albopunctatus'' Image:Nudibranch - Chromodoris albopustulosa.jpg|''Goniobranchus albopustulosus'' Image:Goniobranchus alius.jpg|''Goniobranchus alius'' Image:ChromodorisAnnulataJI1.jpg|''Goniobranchus annulatus'' Image:Goniobranchus bombayanus.jpg|''Goniobranchus bombayanus'' Goniobranchus bimaensis B158516.jpg|''Goniobranchus bimaensis'' Chromodoris charlottae02.jpg|''Goniobranchus charlottae'' Image:Chromodoris coi.jpg|''Goniobranchus coi'' Chromodoris conchyliata.jpg|''Goniobranchus conchyliatus'' Image:Collingwood's Chromodoris.JPG|''Goniobranchus collingwoodi'' Image:Chromodoris fidelis 2.jpg|''Goniobranchus fidelis'' Image:ChromodorisGeminus.jpg|''Goniobranchus geminus'' Image:Chromodoris geometrica.jpg|''Goniobranchus geometricus'' Image:Goniobranchus gleniei Maldives.JPG|''Goniobranchus gleniei'' Image:Redspotted nudibranch chromodoris heatherae.jpg|''Goniobranchus heatherae'' Image:Chromodoris hintuanensis.jpg|''Goniobranchus hintuanensis'' File:Kuni's chromodoris, fan 38 west, wakatobi, 2018 (45763962462) (cropped).jpg|''Goniobranchus kuniei'' Image:Goniobranchus lekker.JPG|''Goniobranchus lekker'' B&J Diving 20.05.06 045.jpg|''Goniobranchus leopardus'' Image:Goniobranchus loringi (2016).jpg|''Goniobranchus loringi'' Nudibranch - Chromodoris mandapamensis 2.jpg|''Goniobranchus mandapamensis'' Image:Chromodoris preciosa.jpg|''Goniobranchus preciosus'' B150318_Goniobranchus_reticulatus.jpg|''Goniobranchus reticulatus'' Image:Chromodoris roboi 3.jpg|''Goniobranchus roboi'' Chromodoris rubrocornuta-1.jpg|''Goniobranchus rubrocornutus'' Image:Nudibranch - Chromodoris rufomaculata 6.1.jpg|''Goniobranchus rufomaculatus'' Chromodoris decora (8227833333).jpg|''Goniobranchus setoensis'' Chromodoris Sinensis (7732662982).jpg|''Goniobranchus sinensis'' Image:Chromodoris splendida.jpg|''Goniobranchus splendidus'' Chromodoris tasmaniensis (2064197130).jpg|''Goniobranchus tasmaniensis'' Chromodoris tritos02.JPG|''Goniobranchus tritos'' Image:Chromodoris tinctoria.jpg|''Goniobranchus tinctorius'' Chromodoris tumulifera-2.jpg|''Goniobranchus tumuliferus'' Image:Chromodoris aureopurpurea.jpg|''Goniobranchus variatus'' Image:Chromodoris verrieri 001.jpg|''Goniobranchus verrieri'' Image:Chromodoris vibrata 3.jpg|''Goniobranchus vibratus'' </gallery>
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Category:Chromodorididae Category:Gastropod genera Category:Taxa named by William Harper Pease