Rostanga phepha

Rostanga phepha
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. phepha
Binomial name
Rostanga phepha
Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001[1]

Rostanga phepha, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

Distribution

This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast, from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula.[1][2] This nudibranch appears to be endemic to South Africa.

Description

Distinctively different to other Rostanga species, this animal has a white notum with elongate, scattered, purple-brown spots.

References

  1. 1 2 Garovoy J. B., Valdés, A. & Gosliner T. M. (2001) "Phylogeny of the genus Rostanga (Nudibranchia), with descriptions of three new species from South Africa". Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 131-144. abstract.
  2. ↑ Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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