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Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner 2001

Rostanga phepha

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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.

Ecology

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

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Rostanga phepha: Brief Summary

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

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