Phestilla minor
| Phestilla minor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euthyneura |
| Clade: | Nudipleura |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Clade: | Dexiarchia |
| Infraorder: | Cladobranchia |
| Clade: | Aeolidida |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Phestilla |
| Species: | P. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981[1] | |
Phestilla minor is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Kunduchi Beach, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Additional specimens from Lizard Island, Australia were included in the original description.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 Rudman, W. B. (1981). Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71: 373-412.
- ↑ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 23) Phestilla minor Rudman, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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