Rostanga risbeci

Rostanga risbeci
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Rostanga
Species:	R. risbeci
Binomial name
*Rostanga risbeci* Baba, 1991^[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.

Description

Rostanga risbeci is a black dorid nudibranch with the dorsum covered with caryophyllidia; in general it is very similar in shape, but not in color, to other species of Rostanga.^[1]

Ecology

This nudibranch is reported to feed on the black sponge Halichondria okadai - family Halichondriidae.^[1] Most species of Rostanga feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.

References

1 2 3 Baba, K. (1991) Review of the genus Rostanga of Japan with the description of a new species (Nudibranchia: Dorididae). Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology 50(1): 43-54. (Figs 1-5, Pl.1)

External links

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 4) Rostanga risbeci Rudman & Avern, 1989. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/rostrisb

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