Goniodoridella savignyi
Pruvot-Fol, 1933

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Goniodorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Throughout the tropical and subtropical Indo-west Pacific.

PHOTO

Japan Sea (North-West part), Peter the Great Bay, Boysmana Bay, tiny Klerc Id., depth 2-2,5 m, stones with bryozoa of the family Vesiculariidae, 29 August 1993, PHOTO: A.V.Martynov.

Grows to 5-7 mm. See Alexander Martynov's message below.

Reference:
• Pruvot-Fol, A. (1933). Mission Robert Ph. Dollfus en Egypte. Opisthobrachiata. Memoires de l'Institute d'Egypte 21: 89-159.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (March 25) Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/gonisavi

Related messages


Goniodoridella savignyi from sthn Queensland

August 19, 2009
From: Gary Cobb


Concerning message #17491:

Hi Bill and everyone!
After reading Julies entry I thought I would send ours on Goniodoridella savignyi. We have found this species with almost brown coloration instead of yellow. The amount of yellow is very variable. Note one photo has what appears to be no gill papillae.

Locality: Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, 15 m, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 15 June 2009, Subtidal. Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb and David Mullins.

Cheers
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2009 (Aug 19) Goniodoridella savignyi from sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22556

Thanks Gary,

The brown coloration is an interesting variation

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Aug 19). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22556

Goniodoridella savignyi from Indonesia

October 29, 2008
From: Ann Clear

Hi Bill,
While diving in the Lembeh Straits, my dive guide pointed this little fellow out to me and and no idea of his name. I asume he is a juvenile, but of what? I have been unable to identify him at all. He was really tiny. Can you help please.

Locality: Lembeh Strait, 12 m, Indonesia, Molucca Sea, 13 October 2006, Rocky part of reef. Length: approx 5 mm. Photographer: Ann Clear.

Thank you.
Ann Clear

ann.clear@btinternet.com

Clear, A, 2008 (Oct 29) Goniodoridella savignyi from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18972

Dear Ann,

This interesting little animal doesn't grow very big so you were lucky to see him. It is Goniodoridella savignyi .

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Oct 29). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from Indonesia by Ann Clear. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18972

Goniodoridella savignyi from Port Stephens, NSW

January 4, 2007
From: Leanne & David Atkinson


Happy New Year,
We are finding lots of interesting nudibranchs at Port Stephens over the last few weeks.

Locality: The Pipeline, Port Stephens, 8 metres, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 30th December 2006, Silty sandy bottom, scattered sponges, ascidians, soft corals, algae and debris from rough weather. Length: 3 to 4 mm. Photographer: Leanne & David Atkinson.

This is the second time we have found Goniodoridella savignyi at The Pipeline. We previously found one in January 2006. This time we found two. They were quite tiny and looked like a shell fragment in the debris until we looked closer. Even focusing at 1:1 they were quite small in the photo. We thought you might like to add one from NSW to the forum.
Regards,
Leanne & David Atkinson

atk@hunterlink.net.au

Atkinson, L. & D., 2007 (Jan 4) Goniodoridella savignyi from Port Stephens, NSW. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19109

Dear Leanne & David,
Thanks for the record - and nice photos - of this species. They show the shape of the body, and the strange gills, very well.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jan 4). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from Port Stephens, NSW by Leanne & David Atkinson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19109

Goniodoridella savignyi from South Africa

August 23, 2006
From: Colin Ogden

Concerning message #17491:

Hi Bill,
Thanks a ton for your ID on the C. strigata and the Flabellina exoptata. I really battled with that one. Following the message from Julie Marshall, I think this one is a Goniodoridella savignyi. I took this photo in May and it has been sitting in my unidentified file for a while. This shows how important it is to just follow other messages on the forum. ( I hope I am right with my ID) It does seem to have a very wide distribution.

Locality: Sodwana Bay, 12 metres, South Africa, Indian, May 2006, Coral reef. Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Colin Ogden.

Regards
Colin

scubaco@iafrica.com

Ogden C. M., 2006 (Aug 23) Goniodoridella savignyi from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17519

Dear Colin,
Yes this is Goniodoridella savignyi. I think this is the first record from South Africa so that is an interesting addition to our knowledge of its distribution.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 23). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from South Africa by Colin Ogden. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17519

Goniodoridella savignyi from Queensland

August 17, 2006
From: Julie Marshall

Dear Bill,

Following the photos of Goniodoridella savignyi from Korea [message #17415 ] here is a photo of this species from Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef]. It was 6 mm in size and found at the reef crest at low tide under a dead coral slab.

Locality: Heron Island, Intertidal, Queensland, Australia, Pacific, September 1996, Intertidal. Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Julie Marshall.

Best wishes
Julie Marshall

juliemarshall@netspace.net.au

Marshall, J.G., 2006 (Aug 17) Goniodoridella savignyi from Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17491

Thanks Julie,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 17). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from Queensland by Julie Marshall. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17491

Goniodoridella savignyi from the Yellow Sea

August 16, 2006
From: Dong Bum Koh

Dear Bill,

Last weekend our DEPC (Digital Eco-Photo Club) members visited the Yellow Sea.

We've got several photos in the Tae An area.[126° E 36° 8'N]. This one is of  Goniodoridella savignyi

Locality: Tae An area.[126° E 36° 8'N], -10m, South Korea, Yellow Sea, 5~6 August 2006. Photographer: Sung Soon Choi.

Best regards,
Dong Bum Koh

drkoh@seasee.co.kr

D.B.Koh, 2006 (Aug 16) Goniodoridella savignyi from the Yellow Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17415

Dear Koh,
It is interesting to get photos of animals from this relatively unknown area. Please thank Sung Soon Choi for this beautiful photo of Goniodoridella. The close-up I have included alongside shows the network of fine spicules found in the mantle of this species, and which are usually dissolved in preservative.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 16). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from the Yellow Sea by Dong Bum Koh. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17415

Goniodoridella savignyi from Egypt (Red Sea)

March 10, 2005
From: M. Poddubetskaia

Dear Bill,
This tiny guy is the first nudi I've seen in Dahab, Egypt. It was white with papillae and yellow tips to the rhinophores. The only species I know which fits this description is Goniodoridella savignyi. Could you confirm this ID, please. Sorry for so bad photos, but this nudi was only 3mm in size and the divemaster was eager to continue his way.

Locality: Canyon, Dahab, Egypt, Red Sea. Depth: 13 m. Length: 3 mm. 27 February 2005. corals' Photographer: Marina Poddubetskaia  - Nembro website

Cheers,
Marina.

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia, M., 2005 (Mar 10) Goniodoridella savignyi from Egypt (Red Sea). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13312

Dear Marina,
Yes this is Goniodoridella savignyi. It was originally described from specimens collected in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, Red Sea, so your photos have a special interest.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Mar 10). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from Egypt (Red Sea) by M. Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13312

Goniodoridella savignyi from Papua New Guinea

October 9, 2000
From: Yoshimi Kitamura


Dear Dr.Rudman,

My name is Yoshimi Kitamura, your site is very useful and enjoyable, So I like it.
Now, recently I've been to Loloata Island, Papua New Guinea with Nishina and found this.

I believe that this is a kind of Goniodoridella savignyi, but I am not sure because of the differences between the one that I found at Papua New Guinea and a one on your species list.

Best Regards,
Yoshimi Kitamura

kitamurayo@nttdocomo.co.jp

Kitamura, Y., 2000 (Oct 9) Goniodoridella savignyi from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3137

Dear Yoshimi,
You and Nishina seem to have found some interesting things on your trip to Papua New Guinea. This is indeed Goniodoridella savignyi. You don't mention its size, but it looks like it is a quite big example of this species, and so the yellow colour pigment is more intense than the Russian photos.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 9). Comment on Goniodoridella savignyi from Papua New Guinea by Yoshimi Kitamura. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3137

Goniodoridella savignyi from NE Russia

March 25, 1999
From: Alexander Martynov


Dear Dr. Rudman

I am at the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, but not long ago I worked and lived at the coast of the Japan Sea (Vladivostok) and observed and collected Nudibranchia there.
I am very excited by your site and sometimes (I don't have real Internet now
and used getweb servers via e-mail) looking around forum etc.

I have attached photos of Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933, from the
Japan Sea (North-West part), Peter the Great Bay, Boysmana Bay, tiny Klerc Id., depth 2-2,5 m, stones with bryozoa of the family Vesiculariidae, 29 August 1993, Collected A.V. Martynov, A.V. Chernyshev.
Both same locality.

Yours sincerely
Alexander Martynov

Laboratory of Marine Researches
Zoological Institute RAS
Universitetskaya emb. 1
199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone (812) 328-13-11
Fax (812) 328-29-41

martyn@AM3963.spb.edu

Martynov, A., 1999 (Mar 25) Goniodoridella savignyi from NE Russia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/721

Dear Alexander,
Thanks for the pictures of Goniodoridella savignyi. It is certainly has a wide distribution! From the Red Sea to Vladivostok and south to New South Wales, Australia.

I look forward to further pictures and information.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.