Phestilla panamica

Phestilla panamica is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trinchesiidae.[2] The species feeds on the hard coral genus Porites.[3]

Phestilla panamica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Phestilla
Species:
P. panamica
Binomial name
Phestilla panamica
Rudman, 1982[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Saboga Island, Pearl Island Group, Panama, 8°37′N 79°04′W.[1][4]

References

  1. Rudman, W. B. (1982). A new species of Phestilla; the first record of a corallivorous aeolid nudibranch from tropical America. Journal of Zoology, London. 198: 465-471.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
  3. Rudman, W.B. (April 1981). "Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (4): 373–412. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01136.x.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2005 (February 8) Phestilla panamica Rudman, 1982. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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