Rostanga phepha

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Rostanga phepha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade

Contents

Doridacea
Superfamily:
Doridoidea
Family:
Discodorididae
Genus:
Rostanga
Species:
R. phepha
Binomial name
Rostanga phepha
Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001 [1]

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

Distribution

This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast, from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula. [1] [2] This nudibranch appears to be endemic to South Africa.

Description

Distinctively different to other Rostanga species, this animal has a white notum with elongate, scattered, purple-brown spots.

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References

  1. 1 2 Garovoy J. B., Valdés, A. & Gosliner T. M. (2001) "Phylogeny of the genus Rostanga (Nudibranchia), with descriptions of three new species from South Africa". Journal of Molluscan Studies67: 131-144. abstract.
  2. ↑ Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN   0-930118-13-8
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