Rostanga phepha
Rostanga phepha, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea |
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| Species: | R. phepha |
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| Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001[1] | |
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.
Ecology
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References
- 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
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