Rostanga aureamala

Rostanga aureamala
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. aureamala
Binomial name
Rostanga aureamala
Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Algoa Bay, South Africa.

Description

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

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 Studies 67: 131-144.

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