Phestilla sibogae
Phestilla sibogae 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 sibogae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Phestilla |
| Species: | P. sibogae |
| Binomial name | |
| Phestilla sibogae | |
Distribution
This species was described from Indonesia.[1] It was previously treated as a synonym of Phestilla lugubris but is now considered distinct due to differences in larval development and adult morphology to be a distinct species.[4]
References
- Bergh, Rud. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50. pp. 232–233, Pl. 20, Figs. 4–12.
- Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-09.
- 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.
- Faucci, Anuschka; Toonen, Robert J.; Hadfield, Michael G. (2007). "Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (published 18 October 2006). 274 (1606): 111–119. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3685.
External links
- Photos of Phestilla sibogae on Sealife Collection
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