Reticulidia halgerda

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Reticulidia halgerda
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Reticulidia halgerda, head end at the front
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Phyllidioidea
Family: Phyllidiidae
Genus: Reticulidia
Species:
R. halgerda
Binomial name
Reticulidia halgerda
Brunckhorst & Burn in Brunckhorst, 1990

Reticulidia halgerda is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. [1] [2]

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Description

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

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]

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References

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  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Reticulidia halgerda Brunckhorst & Burn in Brunckhorst, 1990". Marinespecies.org. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  3. 1 2 "Reticulidia halgerda". Sealifebase.org. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  4. Brunckhorst, D.J., 1993, The systematics and phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 16: 1-107.
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