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This species has been observed on Mayotte, Mohéli and Madagascar Islands

Order : Nudibranchia Suborder : Euctenidiacea Superfamily : Phyllidioidea Family : Phyllidiidae Distribution : Indian Ocean Maximal size : 70 mm Abundance : Species characteristics : The background color of the body is bright yellow and the crests of the ridges are white. One or more large black spots are found at the bottom of each pit The rhinophores are uniformly orange-yellow
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Matthias Deuss ilôt M'titi (baie du NE), Mayotte, 8m, 28 December 2008, size : 25 mm.

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Remarks :

Identification confirmed by Angel Valdès and Bill Rudman
    Synonymous : (according Worms)
          - No other name

Bibliographic data :

The body is oval and high, and the notal surface is covered with a series of sharp ridges that form a reticulate pattern. The ridges, which are irregular and serrated, delimit pits of various shapes from square to pentagonal and triangular.
    The orange-yellow perfoliate rhinophores have 18 lamellae
    Ventrally, the mantle margin is approximately as wide as the foot, with several oval spots arranged in two rows around the mantle margin. The spots of the inner row are larger and fewer than those of the outer row.
    Reticulidia suzanneae is named in recognition of Suzanne Forman, Phuket , Thailand , who was the first to bring this species to our attention and was instrumental in collecting the holotype.
    Reticulidia suzanneae is clearly distinguishable from other members of the genus. The external coloration resembles that of R. fungia by having orange pigment with black spots, but R. suzanneae lacks the bluish background pigment present in the latter. Also, the black spots of R. suzanneae are always rounded, whereas in R. fungia they are irregular in shape.

References :

Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Reticulidia suzanneae
    Nudipixel Reticulidia suzanneae

Publications :

Valdes, A. & Behrens, D.W. 2002. Phylogenetic systematics of Reticulidia Brunckhorst, 1990 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description of a new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., Contrib. in Sci., 492 : 1-10.

Other photos of Reticulidia suzanneae :

Marina Poddubetskaia   Site : "Prévoyante", Handrema, Mayotte, 14 m, 7 November 2003, size : 35 mm		Ventrally, the mantle margin is approximately as wide as the foot, with several oval spots arranged in two rows around the mantle margin. The spots of the inner row are larger and fewer (a) than those of the outer row (b). The white secretion (c) are toxic defensive secretion

Florence Trentin Chissioua Ouenefou, Mohéli, 22 December 2004 A mating event... The background color of the body is bright yellow and the crests of the ridges are white

Florence Trentin Passe bâteau, Mayotte, 1 August 2006 The peripherical black spots are surrounded by a grey/bluish band. A little like Reticulidia fungia...

Patrice Schubert Mayotte, 14 m, 7 February 2010 The orange-yellow perfoliate rhinophores have 18 lamellae (a little less on this specimen)

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Mayotte, Reticulidia suzanneae with some depigmented black spots, at Koungou, by Marina Poddubetskaia

Mayotte, Reticulidia suzanneae, at N'Gouja, by Sylvain Le Bris 

Mayotte, Reticulidia suzanneae, at Passe en S, by Matthias Deuss  

Mayotte, R. suzanneae with some black spots surrounded by a grey/bluish band, at Passe en S, by Matthias Deuss  

Madagascar, two Reticulidia suzanneae, at Nosy Bé, by Alain-Benoît Rassat