Phestilla sibogae

Phestilla sibogae
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. sibogae
Binomial name
	Phestilla sibogae; Bergh, 1905[1]

Phestilla sibogae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Indonesia.^[1] It was previously treated as a synonym of Phestilla lugubris but is now considered distinct due to differences in larval development and adult morphology to be a distinct species.^[3]

References

1 2 Bergh R., (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50: 1-248, pls 1-20 page(s): 232-233, pl. 20 fig. 4-12
↑ Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
↑ Faucci, A.; Toonen, R. J.; Hadfield, M. G. (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274(1606): 111-119.

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[desc-1] 1 2 Bergh R., (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50: 1-248, pls 1-20 page(s): 232-233, pl. 20 fig. 4-12

[2] Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.

[3] Faucci, A.; Toonen, R. J.; Hadfield, M. G. (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274(1606): 111-119.