Rostanga anthelia

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Rostanga anthelia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. anthelia
Binomial name
Rostanga anthelia
Perrone, 1991 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was described from Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. [2] It has also been reported from Apulia, in southern Italy. [3]

Description

This dorid nudibranch is reddish-brown in colour, and the dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia. The rhinophores and gills are heavily pigmented with white, and there are small, regularly placed, white patches at the mantle edge. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Perrone, A. S. (1991). Una nuova specie di nudibranchi dal Golfo di Taranto: Rostanga anthelia nov. sp. (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia). Bollettino Malacologico (Pubblicazione Mensile Edita dalla Societa Italiana di Malacologia), 26(10-12): 179-188.
  2. Rudman, W. B., 2002 (February 17) Rostanga anthelia Perrone, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M., 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN   9788865204801, 192 pages, page 69.