Phestilla sibogae

Phestilla sibogae
Phestilla sibogae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Aeolidacea
Family:	Trinchesiidae
Genus:	Phestilla
Species:	P. sibogae
Binomial name
Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905 [1]
Synonyms
Aeolidia edmondsoniOstergaard, 1955 Aeolidiella edmondsoniOstergaard, 1955 Cuthona sibogaeBergh, 1905 Hervia sibogaeBergh, 1905 Tenellia sibogaeBergh, 1905 Trinchesia sibogaeBergh, 1905

Phestilla sibogae is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae. ^[2] The species feeds on the hard coral genus Porites. ^[3]

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. ^[4]

References

1. Bergh, Rud. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. Vol. 50. pp. 232–233, Pl. 20, Figs. 4–12.{{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)
2. Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
3. Rudman, W.B. (April 1981). "Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (4): 373–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01136.x.
4. Faucci, Anuschka; Toonen, Robert J.; Hadfield, Michael G. (2007). "Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274 (1606) (published 18 October 2006): 111–119. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3685 . PMC   1679885 . PMID   17134995.

External links

• Photos of Phestilla sibogae in the Sealife Collection