Photo of Goniobranchus tennentanus taken by Anthony Holley at Seychelles (verified by Richard Willan)
Scientific Classification:
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
FamilyChromodorididae
SpeciesGoniobranchus tennentanus

Information

Also known as Chromodoris tennentana, Chromodoris vicina
According to Dr. Richard Willan: I have spent more than an hour today looking at all the photos labelled Chromodoris tennentana and Chromodoris cavae on Nudi Pixel at your request. I have decided they all belong to one very variable species. The supposed differences between them suggested by Bill Rudman on his Sea Slug Forum cannot be substantiated when many specimens are studied from many different localities across the Indian Ocean. Consequently put them all under Chromodoris tennentana on Nudi Pixel with a note that Chromodoris cavae and Chromodoris vicina are both synonyms.
Comment from expert, Richard Willan: This is the first record of this species from the Seychelles.

Locality

Kenya
Watamu
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec
Kilifi Creek
Oct
Malindi
Jan, Aug
 
Sri Lanka
Negombo
Mar, Apr
Sri Lanka
Mar
Weligama
Apr
 
Mozambique
Inhambane
May
 
Madagascar
Nosy Be
Oct
 
Myanmar
Myanmar
Apr
 
Réunion
Réunion
Dec
 
Seychelles
Seychelles
May
 
South Africa
Umkomaas
Jan
 
Thailand
Similan Islands
Apr

Sample Photos of Goniobranchus tennentanus

Photo by Anouk Houben in Weligama, Sri Lanka
Photo by Guido Zsilavecz in Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo by Guido Zsilavecz in Inhambane, Mozambique
Photo by Lorenzo de Ponti in Malindi, Kenya