Rostanga bifurcata
Appearance
Rostanga bifurcata | |
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Lembeh, Indonesia - Rostanga bifurcata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Family: | Discodorididae |
Genus: | Rostanga |
Species: | R. bifurcata
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Binomial name | |
Rostanga bifurcata Rudman & Avern, 1989[1]
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Rostanga bifurcata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia. It has subsequently been reported from western Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tasmania.[2]
Description
[edit]This dorid nudibranch is red, and the dorsum is covered with caryophyllidia; it is very similar to other species of Rostanga.[1]
Ecology
[edit]This nudibranch is found on a colony of the red sponge, Antho chartacea (family Microcionidae) on which it presumably feeds.[1] Most other species of Rostanga also feed on sponges of the family Microcionidae.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rudman, W.B. & Avern, G.J. (1989) The genus Rostanga Bergh, 1879 (Nudibranchia:Dorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 281-338.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (February 4) Rostanga bifurcata Rudman & Avern, 1989. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.