Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Discodorididae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Genus Rostanga | |
Similar Rostanga rubra, Geitodoris planata, Phyllidia flava, Platydoris argo, Caloria elegans | ||
Rostanga anthelia is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
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Distribution
This species was described from the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
This dorid nudibranch is reddish-brown in colour, and the dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia. The rhinophores and gills are heavily pigmented with white, and there are small, regularly placed, white patches at the mantle edge.
References
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