Faithful sea slug
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| phylum | Mollusca | Goniobranchus fidelis, also commonly known as the faithful sea slug, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. The faithful sea slug can reach more than 25 mm length. The body of the animal can be described in two distinct parts: the foot and the mantle. The foot is stretched and almost covered by the edges of the wide mantle, it is cream in colour. The colour pattern of the mantle is marked by a creamy white area with scalloped edges.
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| class | Gastropoda | |
| superfamily | Doridoidea | |
| family | Chromodorididae | |
| species | Goniobranchus fidelis |
