Superfamily Doridoidea Scientific name Rostanga Rank Genus | ||
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Similar Rostanga rubra, Geitodoris, Dorididae, Discodoris, Discodorididae | ||
For a town in Sweden see Röstånga.
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Rostanga is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. Some sources, such as The Sea Slug Forum still classify Rostanga in the family Dorididae.
Phylogeny
A phylogenetic analysis shows that the species Rostanga aureamala, Rostanga elandsia, Rostanga pepha and Rostanga setidens form a sister group with the other species in this genus. The species from Japan and the Marshall Islands form the basal clade. The species from the tropical Indo-Pacific are not monophyletic. The species from the Atlantic Ocean and the Eastern Pacific from a clade that is a sister group to R. australis. The Indo-Pacific species Rostanga bifurcata forms a sister group to Rostanga dentacus.
Species
Species within the genus Rostanga include: