Rostanga alisae

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

Rostanga alisae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. alisae
Binomial name
Rostanga alisae
Martynov, 2003[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea, Russia.

Ecology

This nudibranch is found from the intertidal zone to 15 m depth, feeding on the red sponge Ophlitaspongia pennata in the family Microcionidae.

References

  1. Martynov A. V. 2003. A new species of the genus Rostanga Bergh, 1879 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from the Peter the Great Bay, the Japan Sea, with a discussion on the genus Boreodoris Odhner, 1939. Ruthenica 13(2): 141-147.
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