Reticulidia gofasi

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Reticulidia gofasi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Reticulidia
Species:
R. gofasi
Binomial name
Reticulidia gofasi
Valdés & Ortea, 1996 [1]

Reticulidia gofasi is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from a seamount at Josephine Bank 36°40.02′N14°16.00′W / 36.66700°N 14.26667°W / 36.66700; -14.26667 in 200–205 m, with other specimens from different seamount locations in the NE Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Description

This nudibranch is pale yellow, with conical tubercles. It was placed in the genus Reticulidia because of the distinctive structure of the pharyngeal bulb. [1]

Diet

This species feeds on a sponge.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (1996). Review of the family Phyllidiidae in the Atlantic Ocean (Nudibranchia, Doridoidea). American Malacological Bulletin 13(1-2): 1-9 page(s): 7-8
  2. Gofas, S. (2006). Reticulidia gofasi Valdés & Ortea, 1996. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-11-06.