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Chromodoris reticulata

Chromodoris (Goniobranchus) reticulata/tinctoria

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.

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Blogie
Blogie 11 years ago
Goniobranchus reticulatus
Goniobranchus reticulatus Goniobranchus reticulatus - Overview


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3 Comments

Blogie
Blogie 11 years ago

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
The MnMs 11 years ago

You are right Maria, so I placed it first :-)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

beautiful; especially like the second photo

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Bohol, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 6, 2012
Submitted on Nov 24, 2012

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