Rostanga | |
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A live individual of Rostanga pulchra , head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Rostanga (Bergh, 1879) [1] |
Type species | |
Doris coccinea Forbes, 1848 | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Rostanga is a genus of sea slugs in the family Discodorididae. [3] Some sources, such as The Sea Slug Forum still classify Rostanga in the family Dorididae.
A phylogenetic analysis shows that the species Rostanga aureamala, Rostanga elandsia, Rostanga pepha and Rostanga setidens form a sister group with the other species in this genus. The species from Japan and the Marshall Islands form the basal clade. The species from the tropical Indo-Pacific are not monophyletic. The species from the Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Pacific from a clade that is a sister group to R. australis. The Indo-Pacific species Rostanga bifurcata forms a sister group to Rostanga dentacus. [4]
Species within the genus Rostanga include: