Rostanga phepha
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Genus: | Rostanga
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Species: | R. phepha
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Binomial name | |
Rostanga phepha Garovoy, Valdes & , 2001[1]
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Rostanga phepha, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
Distribution[]
This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast, from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula.[1][2] This nudibranch appears to be endemic to South Africa.
Description[]
Distinctively different to other Rostanga species, this animal has a white with elongate, scattered, purple-brown spots.
Ecology[]
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Categories:
- Discodorididae
- Gastropods described in 2001