Reticulidia fungia

The Mushroom coral reticulidia (Reticulidia fungia) is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.^[1][2]

Reticulidia fungia
Reticulidia fungia, head facing left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Phyllidioidea
Family:	Phyllidiidae
Genus:	Reticulidia
Species:	R. fungia
Binomial name
Reticulidia fungia Brunckhorst & Gosliner in Brunckhorst, 1993

Description

Reticulidia fungia grows to a maximum length of 40 mm.^[3] It does not grow as large as Reticulidia halgerda. Reticulidia fungia has broad-based ridges, those being fewer in number than those of Reticulidia halgerda. The base of these ridges have a fine, white border. The mantle margin is broad and blue-grey in colour. It has a single, black line around the side of its foot occurring slightly above its gills.^[4]

Distribution

Reticulidia fungia occurs in areas such as:^[5]

• Fiji
• Micronesia
• Eastern Australia
• Taiwan
• Christmas Island
• Bali
• Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

Gallery

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  Mushroom coral reticulidia (Reticulidia fungia) at Wakatobi National Park Indonesia, 2018
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  Reticulidia fungia at Wakatobi National Park Indonesia, 2018
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  Reticulidia fungia at Bali, 1996