Reticulidia gofasi

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

Reticulidia gofasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Phyllidioidea
Family:
Phyllidiidae
Genus:
Reticulidia
Species:
R. goslineri
Binomial name
Reticulidia gofasi
Valdés & Ortea, 1996[1]

Distribution

This species was described from a seamount at Josephine Bank 36°40.02′N 14°16.00′W 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.

References
  1. 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.
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