Phestilla poritophages
| Phestilla poritophages | |
|---|---|
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. poritophages |
| Binomial name | |
| Phestilla poritophages | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979 | |
Phestilla poritophages is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from 1 km south of Kunduchi, Tanzania.[1]
References
- 1 2 Rudman, W. B. (1979). The ecology and anatomy of a new species of Aeolid Opisthobranch Mollusc; a predator of the Scleractinian coral Porites. Zoological Joumal of the Linnean Society. 65: 339-350 with 6 figures.
- ↑ Picton, B. (2017). Phestilla poritophages (Rudman, 1979). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
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