Rostanga phepha

Rostanga phepha
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. 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.

References

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. abstract.
↑ Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

External links

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 15) Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/rostphep

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