Reticulidia halgerda
| Reticulidia halgerda | |
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| Reticulidia halgerda, head end at the front | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Phyllidioidea |
| Family: | Phyllidiidae |
| Genus: | Reticulidia |
| Species: | R. halgerda
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| Binomial name | |
| Reticulidia halgerda Brunckhorst & Burn in Brunckhorst, 1990
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Reticulidia halgerda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Reticulidia halgerda grows to a maximum length of 7.0 cm.[3] This species is different externally and internally from species in the Phyllidia and Phyllidiopsis genera, both of which also have yellow coloration and tuberculate ridges. Reticulidia halgerda does not have spiculose tubercles but instead has reticulate ridges on the notum that are smooth. Phyllidia ocellata, Phyllidia tula, Phyllidia varicosa, and Phyllidia coelestis all have a different foregut as well as tubercles capped with yellow coloration. Furthermore, unlike Reticulidia fungia, Reticulidia halgerda does not possess a broad bluish white border.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in numerous locations in the central and western Pacific Ocean, including East Australia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, and Fiji.[5][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Reticulidia halgerda Brunckhorst & Burn in Brunckhorst, 1990". Marinespecies.org. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ a b "Reticulidia halgerda". Sealifebase.org. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ Brunckhorst, D.J., 1993, The systematics and phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 16: 1-107.
- ^ Rudman, W.B. "Reticulidia halgerda". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2011-08-11.