Rostanga anthelia

Rostanga anthelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
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.

Distribution

This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea.

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]

References

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.

External links

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 17) Rostanga anthelia Perrone, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/rostanth

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