Mushroom Coral Reticulida

About this species

The Mushroom coral reticulidia is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Reticulidia fungia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 31 records
February: 42 records
March: 54 records
April: 40 records
May: 53 records
June: 29 records
July: 33 records
August: 36 records
September: 34 records
October: 41 records
November: 38 records
December: 53 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–25 m · Deepest record: 65 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 50 records
20–30 m: 12 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 3 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C

18–20 °C: 2 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 66 records
26–28 °C: 13 records
28–30 °C: 78 records

Photos

(c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Kai Squires, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Mushroom Coral Reticulida

Names in 3 more languages

French: Phyllidie-corail
Japanese: ユキヤマウミウシ
Simplified Chinese: 脊狀葉海牛

Similar species

Chocolate Mango Nudibranch
Reticulidia halgerda
Heavenly Wart Slug
Phyllidia coelestis
Elegant Phyllidia
Phyllidia elegans
Ocellated Wart Slug
Phyllidia ocellata
Black-rayed phyllidia
Phyllidia picta
Variable Wart Slug
Phyllidia varicosa

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
210 open-data records from 1986 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.