Aplysia reticulata

Aplysia reticulata
Live specimen of Aplysia reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Aplysiida
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Aplysia
Species:
A. reticulata
Binomial name
Aplysia reticulata
Eales, 1960
Synonyms

Aplysia (Varria) reticulata Eales, 1960

Aplysia reticulata is a species of gastropod mollusc in the genus Aplysia, family Aplysiidae. [1]

Description

The length of the species attains 44 mm. It is 25 mm wide and 29 mm high.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland and Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ Aplysia reticulata Eales, 1960. 8 October 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147.
  • Wells, F. & Bryce, C. (1993). Sea slugs of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, 184 pp. ISBN 9780730955238.
  • Wells, F.E., Longbottom, A.F. & Longbottom, J. 2005. The marine molluscs of Esperance Bay and the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 289-313 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum.
  • Eales, N.B. (1960). "Revision of the world species of Aplysia". Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology. 5 (10): 360. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
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