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Chromodoris reticulata

Chromodoris (Goniobranchus) reticulata/tinctoria

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Description:

Goniobranchus reticulatus is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.
It grows up to 4.5 cm. It feeds on hydroids.
Red reticulate pattern over white.

Habitat:

This marine species occurs off the Philippines. Depth 6-22 m.

Reference Links:

Goniobranchus reticulatus, The Sea Slug Forum - Chromodoris tinctoria

Species ID Suggestions

Goniobranchus reticulatus

Goniobranchus reticulatus

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Comments (3)
Blogie
Hi Marta. This is G. reticulatus (formerly known as Chromodoris reticulata). G. tinctorius (formerly known as C. tinctoria) looks very similar, but it's not this one. :)
The MnMs
You are right Maria, so I placed it first :-)
Maria dB
beautiful; especially like the second photo
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PublishedNovember 24, 2012

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