Phestilla

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Phestilla
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An orange individual of Phestilla melanobrachia, head end towards the left
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Phestilla
Bergh, 1874

Phestilla is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.

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Its members are unusual in feeding on hard corals, unlike other members of the family Trinchesiidae which feed on hydroids. Adult Phestilla have no cnidosacs. This genus has been investigated using DNA phylogeny and undescribed species exist. [1] [2] [3]

Species

Species within the genus Phestilla include: [4]

Species names currently considered to be synonyms:

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References

  1. 1 2 Faucci, A., Robert J. Toonen, & Michael G. Hadfield, (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coralfeeding nudibranch. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B Biological Sciences 274(1606):111-119.
  2. ↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 29) Phestilla sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Bieler, R. (2016). Phestilla Bergh, 1874. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-27.
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