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Rostanga phepha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Discodorididae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Doridoidea

Genus
  
Rostanga

Rostanga phepha, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.

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Distribution

This species has so far only been found around the southern African coast, from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula. This nudibranch appears to be endemic to South Africa.

Description

Distinctively different to other Rostanga species, this animal has a white notum with elongate, scattered, purple-brown spots.

References

Rostanga phepha Wikipedia