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Reticulidia fungia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Phyllidiidae

Genus
  
Reticulidia

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Similar
  
Reticulidia halgerda, Phyllidia elegans, Phyllidiopsis, Chromodoris strigata, Halgerda carlsoni

Reticulidia fungia is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

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Description

This species grows to a maximum length of 40 mm. Reticulidia fungia does not grow as large as Reticulidia halgerda. It also has broad-based ridges, those being fewer in number than those of Reticulidia halgerda. The base of these ridges have a fine, white border. The mantle margin is broad and blue-grey in colour. It has a single, black line around the side of its foot occurring slightly above its gills.

Distribution

Reticulidia fungia occurs in such areas as:

  • Fiji
  • Micronesia
  • Eastern Australia
  • Taiwan
  • Christmas Island
  • Bali
  • Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
  • References

    Reticulidia fungia Wikipedia