Rostanga crocea

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Rostanga crocea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. crocea
Binomial name
Rostanga crocea
Edmunds, 2011 [1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Ghana. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Edmunds M. (2011) Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Discodorididae. Journal of Conchology 40(6): 617-649. [December 2011]