Rostanga risbeci | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Rostanga |
Species: | R. risbeci
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Binomial name | |
Rostanga risbeci Baba, 1991
[1]
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Rostanga risbeci, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
This species was described from Aitsu, Amakusa, Japan with additional specimens from Sagami Bay and the Echizen coast. [1] [2]
Rostanga risbeci is a purple-black or black dorid nudibranch with the dorsum covered with caryophyllidia; in general it is very similar in shape, but not in colour, to other species of Rostanga. [1]
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.
Rostanga risbeci | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
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.
This species was described from Aitsu, Amakusa, Japan with additional specimens from Sagami Bay and the Echizen coast. [1] [2]
Rostanga risbeci is a purple-black or black dorid nudibranch with the dorsum covered with caryophyllidia; in general it is very similar in shape, but not in colour, to other species of Rostanga. [1]
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.