Rostanga ankyra

Rostanga ankyra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.[2]

Rostanga ankyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Rostanga
Species:
R. ankyra
Binomial name
Rostanga ankyra
Valdés, 2001 [1]

Distribution

This species was collected from 650 m (2,130 ft) depth, south of New Caledonia, 24°40′S 168°38′E[1]

Description

The living animal is uniformly white, with typical shape and caryophyllidia covering the mantle surface as is normal for species of Rostanga. Only three species of Rostanga are white in colour, Rostanga setidens and Rostanga phepha. Rostanga phepha has the dorsum covered with purplish brown spots.[1]

References

  1. Valdés Á. 2001. Deep-sea cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from the tropical West Pacific, with descriptions of two new genera and eighteen new species. Malacologia 43 (1-2) : 237-311
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Rostanga ankyra Valdés, 2001. Accessed on 2019-02-03.
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