Goniobranchus daphne is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

It is one of a group of similar red-spotted chromodorids from south-eastern Australia which form a mimicry ring.

[4][5] Goniobranchus daphne is a chromodorid nudibranch which has a translucent white mantle with scattered red spots.

The edge of the mantle is red grading into yellow on the inner side and there are numerous opaque white glands adjacent to this coloured band.

The gills have a deep pink outer rachis and white leaves.