| Rostanga phepha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Rostanga |
| Species: | R. phepha |
| Binomial name | |
| Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdes & Gosliner, 2001 | |
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. 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
- ^ 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Rostanga phepha | |