Rostanga bassia

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Rostanga bassia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. bassia
Binomial name
Rostanga bassia
Rudman & Avern, 1989 [1]

Rostanga bassia 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 Flinders, Westernport Bay, Victoria, Australia. [2]

Description

This dorid nudibranch is bright orange to reddish-orange in colour, and the dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia. This species is very similar to other species of Rostanga. [1]

Ecology

This nudibranch is found on a colony of the red sponge, Clathria cactiformis (family Microcionidae) on which it presumably feeds. [1] Most other species of Rostanga also feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rudman, W.B. & Avern, G.J. (1989) The genus Rostanga Bergh, 1879 (Nudibranchia:Dorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 281-338.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 4) Rostanga bassia Rudman & Avern, 1989. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.