Phestilla sibogae

Phestilla sibogae
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; Bergh, 1905

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]

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[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bergh, Rud. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50. pp. 232–233, Pl. 20, Figs. 4–12.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ 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

[desc-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bergh, Rud. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. Siboga-Expeditie. 50. pp. 232–233, Pl. 20, Figs. 4–12.CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[2] Picton, B.; Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Phestilla sibogae Bergh, 1905. 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] 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.

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