Rostanga risbeci

Rostanga risbeci
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. risbeci
Binomial name
Rostanga risbeci
Baba, 1991[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.

Description

Rostanga risbeci is a black dorid nudibranch with the dorsum covered with caryophyllidia; in general it is very similar in shape, but not in color, to other species of Rostanga.[1]

Ecology

This nudibranch is reported to feed on the black sponge Halichondria okadai - family Halichondriidae.[1] Most species of Rostanga feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Baba, K. (1991) Review of the genus Rostanga of Japan with the description of a new species (Nudibranchia: Dorididae). Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology 50(1): 43-54. (Figs 1-5, Pl.1)
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