Reticulidia suzanneae

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Reticulidia suzanneae
A live individual of Reticulidia suzanneae in situ 2007, in the Anadaman Islands, head end towards the upper left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Reticulidia
Species: R. suzanneae
Binomial name
Reticulidia suzanneae
(Valdes & Behrens, 2002)

Reticulidia suzanneae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species has been found in the eastern Indian Ocean in East Africa and Thailand,[2][3] as well as Kenya, India and Malaysia.[4]

Description

R. suzanneae is easily distinguishable from other species of Phyllidiidae. This species has a high, oval, bright yellow body with a notal surface covered in ridges. It has at least one large black spot. The ridges on the body are crested with white. R. suzanneae has orange rhinophores with 18 lamellae.[5]

References

  1. 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
  2. Erwin Koehler, Darmstadt, Germany. "Reticulidia suzanneae Valdés & Behrens, 2002". Medslugs.de. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  3. "Reticulidia suzanneae from Phuket, Thailand". Nudi Pixel. 2007-02-10. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  4. "reticulidia suzanneae a phyllidiidae from mayotte in indian ocean". Seaslugs.free.fr. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 

Further reading

Valdes, Angel & David W. Behrens. 2002. Phylogenetic systematics of Reticulidia Brunckhorst, 1990 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., Contrib. in Sci. 492: 1-10.

External links

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