Rostanga lutescens
Rostanga lutescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Rostanga |
Species: | R. lutescens |
Binomial name | |
Rostanga lutescens (Bergh, 1905)[1] | |
Rostanga lutescens, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Timor, Indonesia. It has subsequently been reported from the Marshall Islands.[2]
Description
This dorid nudibranch is a pale, translucent orange or yellow in colour, and the dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia.[2]
Ecology
Most species of Rostanga feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.
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